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Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 1

BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Attendance grouping
6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
DENTAL HYGIENE SCIENCES 1
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12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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4 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF DISEASE
Attendance grouping
8 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
MORPHOLOGICAL HUMAN SCIENCES AND PHYSIOLOGY
Attendance grouping
10 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PHYSICS, STATISTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Attendance grouping
8 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PSYCHO-PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES
Attendance grouping
6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
TRAINING 1ST YEAR - 6 credits - Characterising

Course year: 2

DENTAL HYGIENE SCIENCES 2
Attendance grouping
7 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CHOICE - 2ND YEAR - 2 credits - Student's own choice
PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Attendance grouping
5 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL MEDICINE
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8 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PRINCIPLES OF PATHOLOGY OF THE ORAL CAVITY
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6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
RECONSTRUCTIVE DENTISTRY
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6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
TRAINING 2ND YEAR - 24 credits - Characterising

Course year: 3

DENTAL HYGIENE SCIENCES 3
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5 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
DENTAL HYGIENE SCIENCES 4
Attendance grouping
4 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CHOICE - 3RD YEAR - 4 credits - Student's own choice
FINAL TEST - 6 credits - Language/Final Examination
MEDICO-LEGAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
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6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
SURGICAL AND REHABILITATIVE DENTISTRY
Attendance grouping
7 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
TRAINING 3RD YEAR - 30 credits - Characterising

PSICOLOGIA GENERALE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Academic Year of provision:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in DENTAL HYGIENE

Disciplinary Sector:

General Psychology

Language:

Italian

Grouping head:

PSYCHO-PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

EBRELLI SIMONA Professor

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

Educational Goals

At the end of the course the student will obtain knowledge on the scientific psychology history and on the basic psychological processes that regulate mental activity and behavior.

Content

This course presents an overview about the main topics linked to the mind and behavior study. First, a historical overview of general psychology is provided and the birth and evolution of the most important theoretical paradigms is described. The main areas of investigation of the discipline are examined: sensation, perception, attention, learning, memory, thought, language, emotions and motivation.

Extended Syllabus

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
- Science in progress through past, present and future
- Research methods in psychology
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
- The sensation
- The perception
LEARNING
- Classic conditioning
- Operating conditioning
MEMORY
- Encoding, storage and information recovery
- Re-enactment of long-term memories
- Forgetfulness: when the memory fails
THOUGHT AND INTELLIGENCE
- The categorization
- The reasoning
- Intelligence theories
EMOTIONS AND MOTIVATIONS
- The components of the emotional process
- Explain the motivation
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE
- What is the communication
- The languages
SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
- The objective and subjective components

Recommended Bibliography

Zucco G.M, Baroni M.R., Roncato S., (2013). Elementi di psicologia generale. Per i corsi di laurea in medicina e chirurgia e le professioni sanitarie. Milano: McGraw-Hill.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The teaching activity takes place through lectures. The goal of the lectures is to provide an appropriate classification of the theoretical and cognitive foundations of the discipline.

Assessment Methods

The exam consists in a test to evaluate knowledge of the acquired concepts. The test is divided in five open questions (90 minutes time) to evaluate knowledge of concepts and exposure abilities of the foundamental theoretical principles.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Friday, March 2, 2018

End date of teaching period:

Tuesday, July 3, 2018