EPG PSICOLOGIA DELLA MEMORIA E DELL'INVECCHIAMENTO

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

PSI0288F

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017

Year of supply:

2018/2019

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

General Psychology

Language:

Italian

Location:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MAMMARELLA Nicola

Cycle:

First semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Minimum hours of attendance:

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: the course, as part of the general learning objectives of the CdS, aims to stimulate and guide the application of the knowledge acquires through the course "Psychology of aging".
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS:
Knowledge and comprehension: the student
should be able to recognize and apply the principal experimental approaches in Psychology of Aging;
-Autonomy of judgment: The student should be able to discuss the experimental situation in which he/she directly participated;
- Comunication Ability: the student should be able to present and describe the experimental situation.

Contents

The course presents the following key topics that inolve a group of older adults:
- the design and development of an experimental paradigm in Cognitive Psychology;
-the manipulation of dependent and independent variables;
- subjects recruitment
- experimental proceure
- testing;
- Analyze data;
- discussion of results.

Extended Syllabus

he EPG is a stimulating introduction the research methods in Psychology of aging and offers students the possibility of acquiring the fundamental concepts and research tools to carry out research with older adults. Through the use of numerous examples, students will face the key concepts for carrying out efficient research: from the choice of the topic, to formulating hypotheses, the design of experimental paradigms, to methods of analysis, to the presentation of the results.

Recommended Bibliography

For those who attend the course, materials will be provided during lessons (e.g. scientific articles). For those who do not attend the course: Mammarella, N., & Di Domenico, A. (2011). La memoria autobiografica. Carocci

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons and lab meetings.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

For those who attend the course, exam details will be given during the lessons. Generally, the EPG is evaluated through the active participation of an experimental situation that involves older adults testing. For those who do not attend, the exam is written with open questions (generally 5) regarding a graph showing behavioral data from the course text.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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