Study-unit GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (CHILDREN 0-3)

Course name	Sciences of education
Study-unit Code	A001599
Curriculum	Educatore dei servizi educativi per l'lnfanzia
Lecturer	Aldo Stella
Lecturers	Aldo Stella
Hours	60 ore - Aldo Stella
CFU	10
Course Regulation	Coorte 2023
Supplied	2023/24
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities	Base
Area	Discipline filosofiche, psicologiche, sociologiche e antropologiche
Sector	M-PSI/01
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities	Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction	ITALIAN
Contents	With regard to the more general aspects of the program, it aims to pay particular attention to the subject of the report, due to the numerous repercussions that relational dynamics have in the process of identification and social integration. Furthermore, students will be involved in the climate of the school context and, in particular, in the field of learning, education, participation, scholastic well-being and both academic and vocational guidance. Finally, we will try to highlight how a narcissistic personality, which is increasingly seen among young students, risks compromising the teacher's good relationship with the students themselves as well as the harmony in the class group and the communication processes within it, but also to alter the management of group dynamics and interpersonal conflicts, inducing prejudices as well as generating bullying.
Reference texts	1. A. Stella, Cognizione e coscienza. Precisazioni su alcuni concetti di scienza cognitiva, Guerini Scientifica, Milano 2004. 2. P.H. Miller, Teorie dello sviluppo psicologico, il Mulino, Bologna 2011 (Introduzione, Capitoli I, II e V).
Educational objectives	The course aims to clarify the fundamental concepts of general psychology, with particular reference to the condition of the child from birth to 3 years of age. To do this we will propose the distinction between lower level cognitive processes and higher level cognitive processes, to show their mutual dependence. The cognitive unconscious will be distinguished from the affective unconscious and the role and value of consciousness will be specified. The intent will be to show how these processes begin to take shape and what their first development is.
Prerequisites	Nobody.
Teaching methods	Lectures and thematic seminars.
Other information	Regular attendance is recommended. Students will be received on line Thursdays from 09:00 to 10:00. To contact the teacher, you can call the following telephone numbers: 075-690158 (home); 335-7027281 (cell.) Or write to the following e-mail address: aldo.stella@ unistrapg.it or aldo.stella@unipg.it
Learning verification modality	The verification of the acquisition of knowledge and understanding will be measured on the student's ability to use an adequate language to express what he understands as well as to know how to translate it operationally in the context of educational processes. To this end, possible scenarios will be simulated within which the student will have to show that he has made the notions his own because he is able to translate them into projects and interventions. The final exam is oral.
Extended program	The program focuses on some specific topics: 1. Scientific psychology and its characteristics; 2. Criticism of the behaviorist model and the cognitive model; 3. The classical or symbolic cognitive model; 4. Perception: stimulus, information and information processing process; 4. The bottom-up process and the top-down process; 5. The categorization and coding of the percept; 6. Unconscious processes and consciousness; 7. The attention and selection of information; 8. Learning; 9. Memory; 10. The concept of inference and reasoning; 11. Communication and languages; 12. Emotions; 13. Models of psycho-cognitive development; 14. Theories as hypothetical constructs; 15. Theories of development; 16. Piaget's model; 17. Freud's model; 18. The model of information processing; 19. General psychology designed to move from its configuration in the child: from birth to 3 years of age. 20. Genesis and development of the main cognitive functions.