PSICOLOGIA GENERALE E DELLO SPORT M - Z
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: TIZIANA LO CASTROExpected Learning Outcomes
To offer the basic knowledge to internalize the foundations, the theoretical bases and the main doctrines of psychology. Through an integrated approach provide the essential elements for understanding the psychological, psychopathological, emotional, motivational and cognitive processes that characterize the development and organization of the behavior individual.
Furthermore, will be provided cues for the application of these processes in the sports field.
Finally, particular attention will be given to Eating Disorders, analyzing the specificity of these disorders even in the sports context.
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
History of psychology - Handouts Visual perception (Chap. 2) Attention and action (Chap.3) Consciousness, sleep, meditation (Chapter 4) Representation, knowledge, mental simulation (Chap.5) Learning (Chap.6) Memory (Chapter 7) Thought (Chap.8) Communication and language (Chapter 9) Motivation (Chapter 10) Emotions (Chapter 11) DCA (Anorexia, Bulimia, Obesity, Vigorexia, Orthorexia) - Handouts
Elements of psychopathology - HandoutsSport psychology, sport activation and performance, excellence in sport, emotions and performance, motivation in endurance sports, motor imagination, neurons and mirror system, leadership and the role of the coach, group and team dynamics - Handouts
Textbook Information
Fondamenti di psicologia generale
Paolo Legrenzi
Ed. Il Mulino 2014
Handouts
Recommended texts:
Manuale di psicologia generale dello sport
L. Mandolesi
Ed. Il Mulino 2017
Flow, benessere e prestazione eccellente
Dai modelli teorici alle applicazioni
nello sport e in azienda
A cura di M. Muzio, G. Riva, L. Argenton
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visual perception (Chap. 2) Attention and action (Chap.3) Consciousness, sleep, meditation (Chapter 4) Representation, knowledge, mental simulation (Chap.5) Learning (Chap.6) Memory (Chapter 7) Thought (Chap.8) Communication and language (Chapter 9) Motivation (Chapter 10) Emotions (Chapter 11) | |
| 2 | History of Psychology; Food disorders; neurons and mirror system; foundations of psychopathology; sports psychology |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Test on the go
Written test
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- Which of these concepts is not part of the psychophysical chain?
A The distal stimulus
B The sensory receptors
C The proximal stimulus
- According to the theory of Atkinson & Shiffrin, information processing by memory is a process:
A In parallel
Serial B
C Dynamic