PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY

Academic Year 2020/2021 - 3° Year
Teaching Staff: Elena COMMODARI
Credit Value: 7
Scientific field: M-PSI/04 - DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Taught classes: 30 hours
Laboratories: 12 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

The course presents and investigates the main topics related to the psychology of thinking and creativity


Course Structure

lectures, exercises, laboratory activities.

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the program planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Learning assessment may also be carried out online, should the conditions require it.


Detailed Course Content

Types of thinking, specificity, and functioning. The psychological aspects of creativity, fantasy and rationality, and their relationships. The development and promotion of creativity. The observation of creative thinking


Textbook Information

Ragione, Fantasia e creatività nel bambino e nell’adolescente. G. Petter. Giunti. pp: 189

Psicologia del pensiero. A. Antonietti, Il Mulino, pp 232

Educare alla creatività. Antonio Gariboldi, Antonella Pugnaghi. Carocci, pp: 168

Selection of articles (STUDIUM unict)