Neuroscience and Psychological Processes: from Research to clinic

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Presentations, Demostration, Modeling, Simulations, Role-playing, Case studies.

Learning Outcomes

Acquire knowledge about different areas of psychology, especially those that have more relevance for medicine: core areas of psychology, such as personality, emotion, memory, motivation, etc. Mastering the various facets of these areas: neurobiological, in order to understand the normal processes as well as the mechanisms involved in their dysfunction and consequent clinical conditions. To understand the relevance of health psychology in understanding health and disease processes.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIOR

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

INTELLIGENCE

MOTIVATION AND BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND PSYCHOMETRICS

PERSONALITY

EMOTION

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

SLEEP

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Albery I & Munafò M (2008). Key Concepts in Health Psychology. SAGE Publications, London.

Ayers S, Visser R (2010). Psychology for Medicine. Sage Publications.

Baum, Andrew, and Richard Contrada, eds. The handbook of stress science: Biology, psychology, and health. Springer Publishing Company, 2010.

Coaley K. An introduction to psychological assessment and psychometrics. Sage, 2014.

Cohen RJ, Mark ES, and S M Phillips. Psychological testing and assessment: An introduction to tests and measurement . Mayfield Publishing Co,2010.

Gleitman H, Gross J, Reisberg D (2010). Psychology. 8th ed. W.W. Norton & Company, London.

Gross J J, ed. Handbook of emotion regulation. Guilford publications, 2013.

Buss DM and Patricia H. Hawley, eds. The evolution of personality and individual differences. Oxford University Press, 2010.