CHILD BEHAVIOR OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES WITH LAB.

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: ELISABETTA SAGONE

Required Prerequisites

This course requires basic knowledge referred to developmental and educational psychology

Detailed Course Content

The course aims to propose the main reference theories related to the observational method, useful techniques for coding videotaped behaviors, references to the setting of observation and the relationship between the observer and the observed subject. Particular attention will be given to the observation of behaviors in the family context through video-exercises in laboratory activities.

Textbook Information

1) Aureli T., Perucchini P., Osservare e valutare il comportamento del bambino, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2014.

2) Visani E., Di Nuovo S., Loriedo C., Il FACES IV. Il modello circonflesso di Olson nella clinica e nella ricerca, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2014.

3) Venturelli E., Fruggeri L., Cigala A., Valutazione del funzionamento familiare, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2022.


Only for students not participating in the activities of lab.

Kerig P.K., Lindhal K.M., Sistemi di codifica per l'osservazione delle relazioni familiari, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2001.

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Students will be evaluated both on the products deriving from the laboratory activities and the texts included in the program.