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Study Plan

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If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea magistrale in Governance dell'emergenza - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The 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.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
9
C
SECS-P/08
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
IUS/01
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
18
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
9
C
SECS-P/08
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
IUS/01
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
18
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further foreign language skills
6
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Stage/Project work
6
F
-

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Teaching code

4S006055

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-PSI/01 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

Period

2° semestre (A), 2° semestre (B) - aprile/maggio 2020, 2° semestre (B) - marzo/aprile 2020

Learning outcomes

The course aims to describe psychological knowledge on judgment and decision-making processes, looking at the analysis of cognitive, affective and neural processes underlying judgement and decision making. This knowledge is useful in the field of emergency management, in order to gain inter-pretative tools to better understand decision-making procedure.

- Knowledge and understanding: Students will gain a general overview of the basic concepts of Psy-chology as a scientific discipline. Furthermore will gain specific knowledge concerning psychological processes in decision-making.
- Applying knowledge and understanding: Students will be able to use the acquired knowledge to bet-ter interpret what happens during the decision-making process, mainly under emergency conditions.
- Concerning Making Judgements, students will be able to develop the ability to autonomously devel-op comprehensive reflections concerning decision-making process, from a psychological point of view. Students will also be able to clearly communicate research results in psychology of decision-making. This communication skill will contribute to increase their ability in communicate results from observed data. Finally, students will develop their lifelong learning skills on the subjects addressed during the course.

Program

The course aims to expand awareness on the following specific issues: 1. Judgement and decision making; 2. Heuristics and systematic biases in making judgements; 3. Risk and decision making; 4. Representation and decision making; 5. Memory, attention, and decision making; 6. Dynamic decision making; 7. Emotions and decision making; 8. Brain and decision making; 9. Negotiation and decision making; 10. Group decision making.
In addition, key concepts concerning psychological research methods will be provided, suseful to understand the empirical research processes involved in the knowledge acquisition in this field. Moreover, concepts and competencies useful for the data analysis and interpretation in psychology will be provided.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
VITTORIO GIROTTO, MARCO ZORZI Manuale di psicologia generale Il Mulino 2016 Si tratta di un testo utile per chi volesse approfondire i temi della psicologia generale, ma non fondamentale per il corso. I contenuti di questo testo non sono richiesti per superare l'esame.
John J. Shaughnessy, Eugene B. Zechmeister, Jeanne S. Zechmeister Metodologia della ricerca in psicologia McGraw-Hill 2016 8838615454 Si tratta di un testo utile per chi volesse approfondire i temi della metodologia della ricerca in psicologia. Su questo tema sono disponibili altri testi, e chi fosse interessato può prendere contatto con la docente. I contenuti di questo testo sono utili per approfondimenti, ma non sono richiesti per superare l'esame. Su alcuni contenuti di questo testo, trattati durante il corso, saranno a disposizione delle slide.
Bonini N., Del Missier F., Rumiati R. Psicologia del giudizio e della decisione (Edizione 1) il Mulino 2008 9788815126009 Questo libro contiene gran parte degli argomenti trattati a lezione. In particolare saranno trattati i seguenti capitoli: I. Giudizio e decisione II. Euristiche ed errori sistematici nel giudizio IV. Rischio e decisione V. Rappresentazione e decisione VI. Memoria, attenzione e decisione VII. Processi decisionali dinamici VIII. Emozioni e decisione X. Negoziazione e decisione XI. Decisioni di gruppo

Examination Methods

The final assessment will be a short paper, discussed with the teacher, or an oral presentation to the class, discussed with the teacher, on a theme related to the course.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE