PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE E CLINICA

Academic Year 2018/2019 - 2° Year - Curriculum Curriculum unico / L-39
Teaching Staff Credit Value: 15
Scientific field
  • M-PSI/05 - Social psychology
  • M-PSI/08 - Clinical psychology
Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
Taught classes: 120 hours
Term / Semester:

Course Structure

  • Social Psychology of the groups and Institutions

    The social interaction and relevance of the group; the construction of the Self and the Possible Selves; the Social identity and the ingroup /outgroup bias; the intergroup relationships and the strategies for the reduction of prejudicial thought; the psychological small group and the change processes; the psycho-social training and the "listening ability"; the issue of the Identity and the dynamics of empathy; the interpretation of the role and the ability to "be in the relationship".

    The concepts of Institution according to various theoretical approaches: sociological; institutional; psycho-socio-analytical; psycho-sociological. The deinstitutionalization processes. The Identity, the change and the Institutional dynamics. The psychosocial processes and the effects of the institutional experience.

    The Psycho-Socio-Cultural Institutions (Belief in Just World, Rape Myths, etc.), background attitudes of social representations and their role in the phenomenon of sexual violence: methods of reserach to explore the phenomenon and intervention tools functional to change


Detailed Course Content

  • Social Psychology of the groups and Institutions

    Materials distributed during the lessons: slides and other materials with examples that actualize the various theoretical approaches treated during the lessons.

  • PSICOLOGIA CLINICA E PSICOPATOLOGIA

    Psychotherapeutic approaches will be described in relation to the main psychological disorders (anxiety disorders, schizophrenic and psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, depression disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, addiction and new addiction disorders, sexual disorders and gender dysphoria).

    School related problems and special educational needs will be also investigated.


Textbook Information

  • Social Psychology of the groups and Institutions

    1)Licciardello O. (2015), I gruppi. Aspetti epistemologici e ricadute applicative, Angeli, Milano (Volume in full).

    2)Licciardello O. (2016), Istituzioni e cambiamento. Processi psicosociali, Angeli ed., Milano (Volume in full).

    3)Licciardello O. & M.G. Cardella (2017), Alla base dell'iceberg. La rappresentazione della violenza sessuale tra atteggiamenti di superficie e sfondo. Angeli Ed., Milano (Volume in full).

  • PSICOLOGIA CLINICA E PSICOPATOLOGIA

    1) AA.VV. (2014), DSM5, Manuale diagnostico e statistico dei disturbi mentali, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, pp.5-31)

    2) BELLUARDO G., et. AL., “Bisogni Educativi Speciali e insegnanti: quali emozioni?”, in Psicologia e scuola, Giunti, n. 56, 2018.

    3) CASTONGUAY, L. G., OLTMANNS, T. (a cura di), (2016), Psicologia clinica e psicopatologia, Raffaello Cortina, Milano.

    4) SANAVIO E., CORNOLDI, C., (2010), Psicologia clinica, il Mulino, Bologna.