PSICOG02 - PSYCHOLOGY OF PERCEPTION AND ATTENTION

courses

ID:

PSICOG02

Duration (hours):

60

CFU:

SSD:

PSICOLOGIA GENERALE

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

PSYCHOLOGY/NEUROSCIENZE COGNITIVE Year: 1

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (09/02/2026 - 30/05/2026)

Course Objectives

The course is aimed at integrating knowledge on the following topics: sensation, perception and attention, starting from both traditional theories and scientific updating.The course will allow students: 1. To know and understand: The models by means of sensorial, perceptive and attentional processes are explained; The fundamental research paradigm applied to these processes investigation; Their physiological basis. 2. To apply knowledge and adequately understand: the theoretical and methodological fundamentals of perception and attention psychology along tangential fields; comprehension of scientific material. 3. To make judgments on scientific literature based on perception and attention psychology, being able to distinguish among the different steps of perception and attention researches. 4. To acquire learning skill on relevant issues addressed by recent scientific literature by underling limitations and potential application. 5. To acquire communication skills: to report, interpret and discuss original research findings to expert and naïve audience.

Course Prerequisites

While no strict prerequisites are required, students should possess basic knowledge and skills appropriate to the course level, including prior exposure to the main themes and approaches of the discipline.
Critical thinking, the ability to synthesize information, and a general confidence in reading and discussing academic materials will be beneficial for fully engaging with the course content.

Teaching Methods

Teaching consists of 60 hours of face-to-face teaching, divided into 2-hour and 3-hour lectures.The lectures are supported by slides and cover theoretical aspects of the discipline supplemented by practical exemplifications of the main paradigms of study. Also included within the course is a practical laboratory aimed at learning the basics of database management (12 hours).Attendance is optional but highly recommended.

Assessment Methods

Verification of the knowledge acquired and its understanding and critical integration is by oral interview. The grade is expressed in thirtieths. The evaluation criteria are based on: ability to discursively organize knowledge, critical reasoning skills and quality of exposition, including the use of disciplinary vocabulary.
The colloquium will last approximately 30 minutes.
Assessment is based on a 0–30 grading scale (with the possibility of honors). A score between 18 and 23 reflects a sufficient level of learning; between 24 and 28, a good level; and between 29 and 30, an excellent level. Honors (“cum laude”) may be awarded in cases of exceptional analytical and critical reasoning skills demonstrated during the exam.
Verification of skills learned during the practical lab will be held during the last lesson and will be aimed at verifying the acquisition of knowledge learned during the lab.Specifically:- Students attending the practical lab: The ability to handle and analyze data from an experiment will be assessed.- Students NOT attending the practical lab: The ability to critically analyze and discuss in awritten the articles under examination.The final grade corresponds to the weighted average of the oral test and practical lab assessment.

Texts

Nicola Bruno (2021). Introduzione alla Psicologia della percezione visiva. il Mulino Editore. Prezzo 25,00 €•Roberto Dell’Acqua, Massimo Turatto (2006). Attenzione e Percezione. Carocci Editore. Prezzo 13, 86 €•Franca Stablum (2002). L’attenzione. Carocci Editore. Prezzo 10,20 €Further mandatory material is available on the e-learning system.Furthermore, for NOT attending students, the practical lessons contents will be replaced with two scientific articles in English available on the e-learning system

The course provides advanced knowledge and skills in the area of theories and research paradigms for the study of the psychology of attention and perception, providingthe tools necessary for process understanding and practice in applied research.The course consists of two parts. The first part, which constitutes the main body of the course, consists of lectures with classroom discussion on theories and research methods in the psychology of attention and perception. The second part involves a hands-on laboratory aimed at providing expertise on advanced tools for managing databases. The lab takes place in the University's computerized classrooms.

Course Language

Italian

More information

Office hours by appointment :Thursday, 11AM-1PM, room 303, ITABFurther information can be found on the e-learning page
https://fad.unich.it/course/index.php