Dentistry and Dental Prosthodontics

Contents: The following topics will be examined: 1. Why should medical students study some Psychology; Introduction to Psychology 2. The history of Psychology; Research methods in Psychology ; 3. The adaptiveness of behaviour: genetic and evolutionary foundations of behaviour – Basic processes of learning; 4. Memory: short-term, working memory, declarative and non-declarative memory. Implications for communication with patients; Cognitive decline. 5. Thought, and systematic biases in our reasoning: implications for the medical context. 6. Language and communication:Implications for the medical context

Requirements: The student should have passed the ongoin evaluation of BMSM I

Textbooks: Reading material will be available on e-learning.

Attendance mandatory

Evaluation methods: Written test with multiple choice questions and short specific answers.

Contents: The following topics will be examined: 1. Why should medical students study some Psychology; Introduction to Psychology 2. The history of Psychology; Research methods in Psychology ; 3. The adaptiveness of behaviour: genetic and evolutionary foundations of behaviour – Basic processes of learning; 4. Memory: short-term, working memory, declarative and non-declarative memory. Implications for communication with patients; Cognitive decline. 5. Thought, and systematic biases in our reasoning: implications for the medical context. 6. Language and communication:Implications for the medical context

Requirements: The student should have passed the ongoin evaluation of BMSM I

Textbooks: Reading material will be available on e-learning.

Attendance mandatory

Evaluation methods: Written test with multiple choice questions and short specific answers.