Psychology I

Code:

MD2308

Acronym:

P I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Clinical Psychology

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=171
Responsible unit:	Mestrado Integrado
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Dental Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMD	49	PLANO OFICIAL 2007/2008 BOLONHA	2	-	3	45	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To introduce the Psychology as a scientific domain, presenting its main models and approaches in an interdisciplinary perspective, building briges with Dental Medicine; 
To present a wide approach of the human being as a bio-psycho-social being which evolves throughout the whole life-span; 
To present the general competences for communicating and interacting with others. 

Learning outcomes and competences

Skills; the student will be able to: 
- recognize and apply the main concepts related with Psychology; 
- identify the several dimensions and processes related with human functioning; 
- recognize and describe the several stages of the human development process; 
- recognize and use the several models and the main competences for comunicating and interacting with others.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Unit 1 – Psychology as a science

1.1. Definition, object and method of Psychology

1.2. Link between Psychology and Dental Medicine

1.3. Principals of a Applied Developmental Science

Unit 2 – Psychological structures, funtions and dinamics

2.1. Perception

2.2. Memory

2.3. Learning

2.4. Intelligence

2.5. Emotin

2.6. Personality

2.7. Motivation

2.8. Self-beliefs

2.9. Ecological and systemic perspective of the human functioning

Unit 3 – Human development

3.1. Key-concepts

3.2. Dimensions

3.3. Ontogenic perspective

Unit 4 – Human Communication 

4.1. Axioms of Human Communication

4.2. Communication Styles

4.3. Non-verbal communication

4.4. Active listening

4.5. Verbal communication

4.6. Communication Skills in Medical Contexts

4.6.1. A skills curriculum for the doctor-patient relationship

4.6.2. Communication skills and relationship in dentistry

 

Mandatory literature

Gleitman Henri; Psicologia. ISBN: 978-972-31-1059-3
Dworkin, Samuel F.; Behavioral science and dental practice. ISBN: 0-8016-1484-8
Ridruejo Alonso, P.; Psicología médica. ISBN: 84-486-0143-2
Mostofsky David I.; Behavioral dentistry. ISBN: 978-0-8138-1273-7
Silverman Jonathan; Skills for communicating with patients. ISBN: 978-1-85775-640-1
DeVito Joseph A.; The^interpersonal communication book. ISBN: 978-0-205-62570-3

Complementary Bibliography

Brennan James F.; History and systems of psychology. ISBN: 978-0-13-048119-X
Custódio Rodrigues; Manual de Psicologia I - O que é e tem sido a Psicologia, Contraponto, 1992

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures
- Program contents presentation and discusion

Pratical Classes
- Practical activities (rôle-playing, debates, group dynamics…)

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
	Exame		50,00
	Participação presencial		25,00
	Trabalho escrito		25,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Criteria:
- 75% minimum of class attendance;
- produce and deliver the requested pratical works;
- attending the final exam;
- 9,0 values minimum (on a 0 to 20 points scale) in each assesment element (i.e.: "continuous, processual" and "descontinuous, terminal").

Calculation formula of final grade

45% Continuous, processual - Participation and written work;
45% Descontinuous, terminal - Final exam;
10% Class attendance