Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea in Scienze dell'educazione - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Theories and methods of problem solving and metaknowledge (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S003484
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-PSI/01 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
Period
Sem. 2A dal Feb 15, 2021 al Apr 1, 2021.
Learning outcomes
Thinking allows people to act, to overcome difficulties and problems. Acting correctly, overcoming diffuclties and problems in a given context means thinking in a correct way in that context. To do this it is useful to know how thinking works. Thus the teaching aims to present an up-to-date dissertation of the fields of investigation of the psychology of thinking, problem solving and meta-cognition, to analyze the functioning of thought in conditions of uncertainty / difficulty, in everyday life and in the use of professional skills and to outline and to devise interventions in detail in the conditions of cognitive, linguistic and relational distress, due to the alteration of the awarness by an individual of his own abilities and mental processes.
Program
The teaching establishes a detailed and acute diseertation of the following topics:
- ways of thinking,focusing on the distinction between Type 1 and Type 2 processes;
- the evaluation of the information and the highlighting of the various inconsistencies of this type of process;
- verification of arguments, focusing in particular on deductive thought and the respective biases;
- the forecast of the events and the distortions connected to it;
- decision making;
- problem solving;
- creative thinking distinguishing between convergent and divergent thinking;
- to imagine the possible and the impossible;
- self-regulation of thought
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Antonietti, A. | Psicologia del pensiero | Il Mulino | 2013 |
Examination Methods
The exam, without any distinctions between attending and non-attending students, will consist of a written test with thirty multiple choice questions with three alternative answers, of which only one is correct. At the end of the final judgment expressed in thirtieths, each correct answer corresponds to a point; while the wrong answers or not given have a value of zero points.
N.B. Following the health emergency due to Covid-19, the usual examination procedures are changed for the 2020 summer session, in accordance with the indications of the University. Specifically: "the exam will be held orally using Zoom"
