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Bachelor's degree in Psychology

Foundations of Psychology12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Fonaments de la psicobiologiaFundamentos de la psicobiologíaPsychobiology basics  (3101G01056)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.Biology and psychology: the theory of evolution as the backbone of biopsychology.Evolutionary psychologies: sociobiology, ethology, evolutionary psychology.2.Genetics and behaviour: from Mendel to molecular genetics.Structure and function of genes.Protein synthesis and gene regulation.Quantitative genetics.3.Neurobiology: neurons, nerve impulses, potentials, synapses, neurotransmitters.Structures of the nervous system.4.Behavioural physiology: neurosciences, psychophysiology, physiological psychology.Systems: nervous, endocrine, immune.Physiological bases of different activities.

 Bbasic 12.00 J Aannual

Foundations of Psychobiology12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Fonaments de psicologiaFundamentos de psicologíaPsychology basics  (3101G01057)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.What is the Psychology.The object of study of the Psychology.Utility and function of the psychological knowledge.2.History of the Psychology: the Psychology in the Philosophy.The scientific Psychology.The psychological hospital.Theoretical paradigms and prospects of psychology.3.Epistemology of Psychology:.epistemological referents of Psychology.Characteristics of psychological knowledge and how it is formed.4.Psychological research methodology.Qualitative and quantitative research.Stages of the research process.Studies of observation and survey.Experiments and quasi-experiments.Classification of the methods and techniques of qualitative research.5.Bibliographical research.Bibliographical databases.The APA document citation format and presenting research reports.

 Bbasic 12.00 J Aannual

Data analysis in psychology6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Anàlisi de dades en psicologia 1Análisis de datos en psicología 1Data analysis in Psychology I  (3101G01001)

The content of this subject will be arranged into the following thematic blocks.• Introduction to descriptive statistics.o Organising and representing data.o Ranking measures.o Central trend measures.o Distribution measures.o Typical scores and derivative scales.o Descriptive statistics with two variables.•Foundations of probability theory.o Random variables.o Models of probability distribution.o Statistics sample distributions.• Quantitative research design.o Designs with independent samples.o Designs with related samples.• Data analysis with the SPSS statistics package.o Construction of a data matrix.o Descriptive analysis of data.

 Bbasic 6.00 J 2second semester

Integrated academic and professional competences6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Competències acadèmiques i professionals integrades (1)Competencias académicas y profesionales integradas (1)Integrated academic and professional competences (1)  (3101G01003)

Academic autonomy (1 credit): - Initial reception (3 hrs).- The university learning process (6 hrs).- Identification, problem-solving and decision-making (6 hrs) - Academic planning and organisation (6 hrs).– PAS-P (administrative and service staff) and tutorials (4 hrs).Communication and interpersonal relations (1 credit): - Interpersonal communication skills (15 hrs).- Oral and written communication (10 hrs).Socio-professional development (1 credit): - Knowledge of professional work.Observation and reflection on professional practice (15 hrs).- Personal care and professional development (5 hrs).– PAS-P (administrative and service staff) and tutorials (5 hrs).

 OBCompulsory 3.00 F 1first semester

Competències acadèmiques i professionals integrades (2)Competencias académicas y profesionales integradas (2)Integrated academic and professional competences (2)  (3101G01004)

Academic autonomy (1 credit): - Analysing the results of the first semester, managing emotions and frustration, looking for help (4 hrs).- Collaborative work in teams and networks (8 hrs).- Training the psychologist (2 hrs).– PAS-P (administrative and service staff) and tutorials (4 hrs).Communication and interpersonal relations (1 credit): - Interpersonal communication skills (8 hrs).- Oral and written communication (8 hrs).- Negotiation (9 hrs).Socio-professional development (1 credit): - Knowledge of professional work.Observation and reflection on professional practice (15 hrs).- Personal care and professional development (6 hrs).– PAS-P (administrative and service staff) and tutorials (4 hrs).

 OBCompulsory 3.00 J 2second semester

Competències acadèmiques i professionals integrades (4)Competencias académicas y profesionales integradas (4)Integrated academic and professional competences (4)  (3101G01006)

Equality in professional relationships: culture, gender and sexuality (3 credits) -The construction of "difference" in psychological science and intervention in different contexts (25 hr).– Elements of the gender perspective, cultural studies and Queer theory for an egalitarian and non discriminatory psychology (25 hr).-Processes and resources of psychology for equality in research and intervention (25 hr).

 OBCompulsory 3.00 J 2second semester

Perception, attention, memory and interaction12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Percepció, atenció, memòria i interaccióPercepción , atención, memoria e interacciónPerception, attention, memory and interaction   (3101G01058)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.Neurobiological bases of perception, attention and memory: sensory organs, sensory perception.Structures and neuromodulators involved in memory.Ageing and disorders.Structures involved in attention.2.Perception: sensation and perception from a classical and modern psychophysical perspective.Social perception.The influence of social context on contemporary perception.Attention: determinants and functions.3.Psychology of memory and representation.Structural approach (sensory memories, long-term and working).Process approach: the hypothesis of depth of mental processing.Representational approach: networks, distributed representation, outlines, mental images and propositions.

 Bbasic 12.00 J Aannual

Development and culture12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Desenvolupament i culturaDesarrollo y culturaDevelopment and culture  (3101G01059)

The module content will be arranged into the following thematic blocks:1.The psychology of development: the role of individual, social and cultural factors about the ontogenetic process from a life cycle perspective.Study of individual differences.The plasticity of human development.Multi-dimensionality and multi-directionality of change.Continuity and discontinuity of development.2.Theoretical orientations of the psychology of development.Approach to the main theoretical orientations.Piaget’s theory.The ecological perspective of development.Vigotsky’s theory of culture shaping cognitive development.Learning and development.Action as a unit of developmental analysis.Cultural psychology.Comparison and appraisal of different theoretical orientations.3.Child psychology.Brain development, plasticity and behaviour.Development of basic processes: psychomotor functions, attention, perception, cognition and language.The development of affective emotions and bonds.Contexts of child development: family, school, peers.Culture and childhood.Social policies and their impact on childhood.Social representations of childhood and its social problems 4.Adolescence.Continuity and discontinuity with childhood.Puberty and its psychological impact.Adolescent thought.The construction of identity.Reorganising social life in adolescence: in the family, in educational contexts, with peers and friends.The couple and sexual intercourses.Work life.Social representations of adolescence and youth and its social problems.5.Maturity: studying adulthood.The family and social and cultural environments as a context of adult development.Professional careers: functions and if

 OBCompulsory 12.00 J Aannual

Data analysis in psychology6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Anàlisi de dades en psicologia 2Análisis de datos en psicología 2Data analysis in Psychology 2  (3101G01002)

The content of this subject will be arranged into the following thematic blocks.• Inferential statistics.o Estimating parameters.o Comparing and contrasting hypotheseso Comparisons and contrasts through independent and related samples.o Parametric and non-parametric comparisons and contrasts.• Inferential statistics with SPSS.• Application of statistical techniques for analysing results of research in the field of Psychology.

 Bbasic 6.00 F 1first semester

Integrated academic and professional competences6.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Competències acadèmiques i professionals integrades (3)Competencias académicas y profesionales integradas (3)Integrated academic and professional competences (3)  (3101G01005)

Academic autonomy (1 credit): - Personal initiative and self-motivation (10 hrs).- University participation (10 hrs).– PAS-P (administrative and service staff) and tutorials (5 hrs). Communication and interpersonal relations (1 credit): - Interpersonal communication skills (6 hrs).- Negotiation (9 hrs) - Managing people and teams (10 hrs).Socio-professional development (1 credit): - Knowledge of professional work.Observation and reflection on professional practice (15 hrs).- Personal care and professional development (7 hrs).– PAS-P (administrative and service staff) and tutorials (3 hrs).

 OBCompulsory 3.00 F 1first semester

Competències acadèmiques i professionals integrades (4)Competencias académicas y profesionales integradas (4)Integrated academic and professional competences (4)  (3101G01006)

Equality in professional relationships: culture, gender and sexuality (3 credits) -The construction of "difference" in psychological science and intervention in different contexts (25 hr).– Elements of the gender perspective, cultural studies and Queer theory for an egalitarian and non discriminatory psychology (25 hr).-Processes and resources of psychology for equality in research and intervention (25 hr).

 OBCompulsory 3.00 J 2second semester

Learning, motivation and emotion12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Aprenentatge, motivació i emocióAprendizaje, motivación y emociónLearning, motivation and emotion   (3101G01060)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.Psychology of learning: Genetics, evolution and learning.Familiarisation and sensitisation.Basic associative processes: classical, instrumental conditioning and its interactions.Causal learning.Categorisation.Learning and comparative social cognition.Biological and neuropsychological processes related to learning.Learning and behavioural changes.Principles of learning and psychological intervention.Current trends in research into learning.2.Psychology of motivation: Nature of motivational function.Needs and motivations.Biological, cognitive and social perspective of the primary motivations, of relationship, control and autonomy.Individual differences and motivation.Goal-orientated behaviour: intention, action and agency.Social aspirations, values and personal objectives.Regulating goal-orientated action.Disorders in motivational function.Motivational intervention: design and development of programmes for motivating individuals, groups and communities in psychological practice.3.Psychology of emotion: Nature and function of emotions

 Bbasic 12.00 J Aannual

Cognition and language 12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Cognició i llenguatge Cognición y lenguaje Cognition and language   (3101G01061)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.Basic principles of cognition, language and communication.The psychological perspective in the study of language and cognition.2.Psychology of communication.Verbal and non verbal communication.From communication to self-regulation.From semantics to pragmatics.Chomsky and innatism.Evolution of communication within a species.Social communication.New communication technologies.Persuasive communication.3.Psychology of language.Perception of speech and understanding of language.Production of language.Pragmatics and speech.Language acquisition.Bilingualism.4.Psychology of thought.Inferential and inductive reasoning.Decision-making.Problem-solving: creativity, expert knowledge and intelligence.Relations between language and thought.5.Neuropsychology of cognition and language: neurobiological bases and changes due to cerebral affectation (agnosia, amnesia and aphasia).6.Social categorisation.Differentiation categorisation processes.Stereotyping and inter-category relations.Social representations.

 Bbasic 12.00 J Aannual

Personality and social context 12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Personalitat i context social Personalidad y contexto social Personality and social context   (3101G01062)

The module content is arranged into the following thematic blocks: 1.The study of the personality from the point of view of the individual: a. Definition and concept of personality.Theoretical models and historic and conceptual development of the psychology of personality.Research methodology in the psychology of personality.b. Main models and theories in psychology of the personality: internalistes models, processuals, factorial models, biological theories of the personality, cognitive models, interstockholder models.c. Personality and psychopathology.Personality and well-being.The personality from a positive psychology perspective.2.The influence of the social situations on the human behaviour: a. Authoritarian personality, conformism, obedience and submission.b. Power, social influence, ideology and values.c. Interpersonal relations and bonds (strong and feeble).Interpersonal communication.d. Styles of leadership.Stereotypes and prejudices.Group behaviour and social movements.e. The importance of the physical context: pile, environment, privacy and vital space.3.The individual and social identity as a confluence of individual and social factors, and their

 OBCompulsory 12.00 F 1first semester
J Aannual

Psychometrics and evaluation12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Psicometria i avaluacióPsicometría y evaluaciónPsychometry and evaluation   (3101G01063)

EVALUATION TOPIC• Conceptual and methodological bases of psychological evaluation.concept of evaluation, origin and historical journey, conceptual dichotomies, levels of inference and models of psychological evaluation.• Psychological evaluation as a process: phases of the descriptive and predictive evaluation process, phases of the intervention and appraisal evaluation process, the psychological report, scientific and ethical guarantees of psychological evaluation.• Information-gathering techniques: interview and genogram.Observation, self-observation, objective techniques, subjective techniques and projective techniques.• Evaluating programmes.• Evaluating the impact of social interventions PSYCHOMETRICS SUBJECT AREA• Studying the various psychometric properties: internal consistency studies, reliability studies and validity studies.• Introduction to multi-variate techniques: Analysis in main components and factorial analysis.• Process of construction of psychological measurement instruments.

 OBCompulsory 12.00 J Aannual

Educational psychology12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Psicologia de l'educacióPsicología de la educación Psychology of education   (3101G01064)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.Educational psychology.Educational psychology in the context of psychology.Contexts of development, educational stages and educational practice.2.Educational practices.Constructivism and systemic and ecological approaches as elements of a reference framework for the analysis of educational practices.Analysis of educational practices.3.Educational practices in schools.The characteristics of educational practices in schools.The contribution of educational psychology and instruction in the study and improvement of educational practices in schools.4.Educational psychology and educational practices of families.The family as a context of development and human learning.Family diversity and basic concept of family.. 5 Community programs and practices.The objectives of the intervention and the definition of an enrichment and prevention model.Techniques and strategies for psycho-educational intervention

 OBCompulsory 12.00 A Aannual

Child clinical psychology 12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Psicologia clínica infantil Psicología clínica infantil Clinical child psychology  (3101G01065)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.Concept and history of the psychopathology of childhood and adolescence.2.Models in Psychopathology of childhood and adolescence3.Classification of child Psychopathology.4.Diagnosis in child clinical Psychology.5.General causes of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence.6.Main disorders that begin in childhood and adolescence 7.Intervention models and techniques in clinical psychology of childhood and adolescence.8.Psychological intervention in mental retardation and developmental disorders.9.Psychological intervention in disturbed behaviour disorders.10.Psychological intervention in emotional disorders.11.Psychological intervention in basic body function disorders.

 OBCompulsory 12.00 J Aannual

Adult clinical psychology 12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Psicologia clínica d'adults Psicología clínica de adultosClinical adult psychology  (3101G01066)

The contents will be organised into the following thematic blocks: . Theoretical foundations of Clinical Psychology. Theoretical and methodological foundations in general and adult psychopathology: Concept and history of psychopathology, Models in Psychopathology, Classification and diagnosis, Psychopathology of basic psychological processes II: alterations in consciousness and identity, alterations in memory, alterations in thought, alterations in perception, alterations in impulse control).. Main disorders of adulthood. Evaluation and diagnosis in adult clinical psychology. Treatment techniques and programs. Intervention in Clinical Psychology

 OBCompulsory 12.00 J Aannual

Psychology of groups and organizations 12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Psicologia dels grups i les organitzacions Psicología de los grupos y las organizacionesPsychology of groups and organizations  (3101G01067)

The contents of the module are based around two subjects with the following contents: 1.Psychology of groups: a. Structure of the group.b. Group communication networks.c. Intergroup relationships and category differentiation processes.d. Task-oriented groups: work teams in organisations.2.Psychology of the organisations: a. Types of organisations.b. Interaction between the individual and the organization.c. Power, leadership and decision making in the organization.d. Change in organisational culture.e. Psychological assessment in organisationsf. Psychosocial intervention at work and in organizations.2.Psychology of organisations

 OBCompulsory 12.00 J Aannual

Practicum3.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Pràcticum 1Prácticum 1Fieldwork I  (3101G01007)

Students will undertake an educational tour in which they will visit leading centres from different fields of the profession of psychology.The aim of these visits is to make students familiar with the working environment, the functions, specific activities of a psychologist and the types of service users they attend to.

 OBCompulsory 3.00 J 2second semester

Optional subjects of the bachelor's degree in psychology9.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Intervenció psicològica en processos de pèrdua i dolIntervención psicológica en procesos de pérdida y dueloPsychological intervention in grief, loss and bereavement processes  (3101G01014)

Conceptual bases in the processes of loss.Theory of the complaint.The emotions.Trauma.Grief.The grief as a complex process.Symptoms.Tasks.Dynamisms.Strategies of facing up.Prevention of the difficulties in the process in mourning.Education for the life and the death.Palliative care.Giving bad news.Seeing the body.Ceremony of personalised farewell.Evaluation of the process in mourning.Main risk factors.Intervention in processes in mourning.Advice.Individual therapy.Group therapy.Complicated grief.Typology.Unauthorised grief.Therapeutic strategies.Children and grief.Understanding the concept of death.How to deliver bad news.The COR model to help children with grief.Main psychological interventions.Caring for the professional.Preventing burnout.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Trastorns de la personalitatTrastornos de la personalidadPersonality disorders  (3101G01015)

Conceptual foundations of personality disorders (PDs).Classification and diagnosis of PDs.Epidemiology of PDs.Etiology and explanatory models of PDs.PD clinic.Assessment of PDs.Differential diagnosis of PDs.Comorbidity of PDs.Intervention in PDs.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 1first semester

Neuropsicologia clínicaNeuropsicología clínicaClinical neuropsychology  (3101G01016)

The subject area content will follow the following thematic blocks: 1.Neurological conditions that occur with cognitive disorders: cerebral vascular accident, tumours, epilepsy, infection and cranioencephalic trauma 2.Basic focal brain syndromes: frontal, temporary, parietal, occipital, of the right hemisphere and of the corpus callosum 3.Neuropsychological disorders, agnosia, apraxia, amnesia, aphasia, alexia, agraphia, acalculia, dysexecutive syndromes, behavioural and personality disorders and dementia 4.Neuropsychological assessment in adults 5.Neuropsychological plasticity, recovery and rehabilitation in adults with brain conditions.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Trastorns de la conducta alimentària: prevenció, avaluació i tractamentTrastornos de la conducta alimentaria: prevención, evaluación y tratamientoEating disorders : prevention, evaluation and treatment  (3101G01020)

• Historical evolution of eating disorders• Diagnostic criteria and clinical characteristics in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and compulsive eating disorders.• Multicausal etiology: predisposition factors, triggering and maintenance• Assessment: main assessment instruments and techniques of EDs• Intervention: primary prevention, secondary prevention, treatment and follow-up.Interdisciplinary work in the treatment of EDs.• Ethical aspects in intervention in EDs.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Psicologia del dolorPsicología del dolorPsychology of pain  (3101G01022)

Biological, psychological and social bases of pain.Acute and chronic pain.Pain and suffering.Psychological modulation of pain.Assessment of pain and psychological therapies.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Bases de psicofarmacologiaBases de psicofarmacologíaBasis of psychopharmacology  (3101G01024)

The content of the module is organised into three thematic blocks: 1.Introduction to pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmaco-dynamics.Varying response to pharmaceuticals.2.Classification and characteristics of psychiatric drugs.3.Psychiatric drugs in various disorders.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Assessorament i intervenció psicològica a l'educació formalAsesoramiento e intervención psicológica en la educación formalPsychological advice and intervention in formal education  (3101G01030)

1: Characteristics and conditioning factors of the help provided by psychological advice.Professional profile.Conceptual frameworks of psychological help.2: Intervention models.Guidance and advice.The constructive educational advice model.Collaborative advice.3: Advice and strategies for attention to diversity at the institutional level.Institutional analysis and types of intervention and advice.4: Psycho-educational intervention directed at optimising education and learning processes and of attention to diversity.Advice and strategies for attention to diversity in the classroom.5: Psychopedagogic intervention and working in a network.Social support and working in a network.The collaborative network.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Psicobiologia del desenvolupamentPsicobiología del desarrolloDevelopmental psychobiology  (3101G01031)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.The Evolutionist Psychology of Development: the evolutionist perspective of ontogenetic development.The role of long human development as a result of evolution for including children in the culture.Ontogeny and culture in the development of human social cognition.2.Brain development and neural plasticity: the neurogenesis process and function, migration, growth, synaptogenesis and the myelination of neurons.The effect of the environment on the development of the brain.3.The cognitive neuroscience of development: the development of memory, language, cognition, social cognition and executive functions.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Teoria de l'afecció i neurociència de l'afectivitatTeoría del apego y neurociencia de la afectividad.Affective neuroscience attachment theory  (3101G01032)

1.Basic concepts of Bowlby’s theory (attachment theory).Ethology, emotion and control systems.Separation and grief from the perspective of attachment.Mother-child interaction and emotional patterns: the studies of Mary Ainsworth.The contributions of Mary Main: the observation of disorganised attachment.2.Emotion and intervention in children and families at risk: children in foster care or children's homes.Emotion and the adoption processes.Case study.3.Emotion and psychopathology.4.Principles of psychodynamic evolutionary psychology.The theory of emotion and psychoanalysis.5.Advances in the theory of emotion and the psychoanalytic perspective: Introduction to the neuroscience of emotion.Intersubjectivity and emotion.The neurobiology of emotional regulation.The importance of emotion in early development from the neuroscience perspective.6.The emergence of neuro-psychoanalysis.Understanding the mind-brain relationship.Cognition-emotion interaction.7.Clinical applications of the theory of emotion and the neuroscience of emotion.Study of clinical cases.8.Principles of psychotherapeutic intervention using the theory of emotion and neuro-psychoanalysis.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Bases de psiconeuroendocrinologiaBases de psiconeuroendocrinologíaBasis of psychoneuroendocrinology  (3101G01037)

The contents of the module follow two thematic blocks: 1.The neuroendocrinology system and behaviour.Sexual differentiation and behaviour.Parental behaviour.The hormonal system during chronological age and behaviour.2.Hormones and mood.Homeostasis and behaviour.Hormonal changes and behaviour.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Psicologia jurídicaPsicología jurídicaJuridical psychology  (3101G01039)

Forensic psychology, family expert, prison psychology, witness assessment, forensic interview.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Intervenció psicològica en les organitzacionsIntervención psicológica en las organizacionesIntervention in organizational psychology  (3101G01041)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.The psychologist in the organisation.Functions.2.Concept of organisation.3.The evolution of the organisation.4.Comprehensive quality.5.The managerial function.6.Power and leadership.7.The needs of workers.Motivations.8.Human resources in the company.Planning the organisational structure.9.Recruitment.The interview 10.Consultancy in human resources.Type.11.Studies in the organisation: Performance assessment.Work environment.12.Placements.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Problemes socials de la infància i risc socialProblemas sociales de la infancia y riesgo socialSocial problems and social risk in childhood   (3101G01042)

1.Childhood and the evolution of its social problems in a historical perspective.The concept of social risk.2.Basic strands of the legal, political and administrative framework, on child care and in particular children in at risk social situations.3.Risk and protection factors and indicators.Vulnerability and resilience.4.Introduction to child abuse.5.Introduction to the juvenile justice system.6.Intervention in the area of children at risk: a. Paradigms.b. Organisation, typology and functions of services.7.The rights of children under administrative procedures.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Deconstrucció de la psicopatologiaDeconstrucción de la psicopatologíaDeconstruction of psychopathology  (3101G01044)

Subject area content themes: 1.Culture, society and construction of the pathological.2.Contributions of anti-psychiatry and the initiatives of de-institutionalization and de-stigmatisation.3."Women" and "madness" 4.The “psi” complex.5.Psychopathologisation of experiences in globalisation.6.New approaches and understandings from social constructivism.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Introducció a la violència de gènereIntroducción a la violencia de géneroIntroduction to domestic violence  (3101G01045)

1.Social imaginations, subjectivity and the sex-gender system.2.Androcentric and heteronormative relations in cultures, societies and groups.3.Power relationships and microviolence in daily life: Identification and resources for change.4.Institutional and symbolic gender violence: Visibility of social, economic, historical and cultural inequalities.5.Psychosocial experiences of the transformation of gender violence.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 1first semester

Intervenció psicològica en emergènciesIntervención psicológica en emergencias Psychological intervention in emergencies  (3101G01049)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.Psychological reactions to traumatic events.2.Basic principles of psychological first aid (early psychological intervention) and psychosocial interventions in emergency or disaster contexts.3.Disaster risk reduction strategies and facilitating resilient communities.4.Stress management and care of professionals.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Psicopatologia forensePsicopatología forenseForensic psychopathology  (3101G01052)

Subject area content themes: 1.Forensic psychopathology and legal system 2.Main pathopsychological disorders and their legal implications.3.Accountability: concept, evolution and evaluation.4.Instruments of Forensic Evaluation (IEF) 5.Murderers and psychopaths: reality, myths and scientific knowledge.6.Analysis of judicial sentences.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Gestió i resolució de conflictesGestión y resolución de conflictosManagement and resolution of conflicts  (3101G01055)

The contents of the module will be arranged into the following thematic blocks: SUBJECT 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE NOTION OF CONFLICT.SUBJECT 2- PSYCHOSOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICT.SUBJECT 3- NATURE AND ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF NEGOTIATION.SUBJECT 4- DISTRIBUTIVE NEGOTIATION AND INTEGRATIVE NEGOTIATION.SUBJECT 5- THE PROFESSIONAL IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION.THE INSTITUTIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT/MEDIATION.SUBJECT 6- CASE STUDY ON MEDIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Educació per la SalutEducación para la SaludHealth Education  (3101G01071)

Providing students with the tools required to understand and propose community programmes to help improve people’s health.The differences between Education and Prevention.Community healthMethodology of work and requirements to work in community health.Designing a health improvement programme with the community.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Programes d’intervenció des de l’Envelliment ActiuProgramas de intervención desde el Envejecimiento ActivoPrograms of intervention from Active Aging  (3101G01072)

Developing, defining and facilitating the working methodology to design programmes to promote active ageing.Characteristics of active ageing.Main elements of active ageing programmes; working methodology.Elaboration of a possible programme.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Psicologia de l’esportPsicología del deportePsychology of sports  (3101G01073)

Knowing the principles, concepts, theories, tools and areas of action of the psychology of sport.Contents: 1.Bases and contextualisation of the psychology of sport 2.Basic psychological needs: motivation, self-confidence, attention and concentration, level of activation.3.The work with the different agents involved in sport: sportsmen, coaches, referees and judges, parents, managers, other sports professionals.4.Intervention techniques in the psychology of sport: individual sessions, group sessions, training and competitions.5.Areas of action in the psychology of sport: performance, initiation, adherence, values, and adapted sport.6.Psychology of performance: relationship between the psychology of sport and the psychology of the organisations.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Tractament psicosocial de la diversitat afectiu-sexual: LGTBI. Homofòbia i transfòbiaTratamiento psicosocial de la diversidad afectivo-sexual: LGTBI. Homofobia y transfobiaPsychosocial treatment of affective-sexual diversity: LGTBI. Homophobia and transphobia  (3101G01074)

Perspectives with the possibility of psychosocial transformation: .The sexual and gender diversity model: bodies, identities and diverse sexualities; challenging cis-normativity..Intersectionality and deconstructing heterosexuality and cis-genderism The legal framework protecting the LGTBI community in Catalonia.Act 11/2014.Demand for psychological care among the LGTBI community related to sexual orientation and gender identity : intra- and inter-subjective conflicts with sexual-affective orientation, Homo-, lesbo-, trans- and biphobia.(bullying, aggressive and violent acts, discrimination area of health), intragender violence.Socio-educational prevention and intervention strategies.Good practices: .Tools and educational resources to explore the subject .Families LGTBIQ+

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Risc de suïcidi: conceptes, avaluació i intervenció psicològicaRiesgo de suicidio: conceptos, evaluación e intervención psicológicaRisk of suicide: concepts, assessment and psychological intervention  (3101G01076)

Concept of suicide risk.Prevalence.Identification of the different risk factors.Description of associated psychopathology.Assessment of suicide risk.Psychotherapeutic techniques.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Addiccions sense Droga: Nomofòbia, Ciberaddicció, joc i videojoc patològicsAdicciones sin Droga: Nomofobia, Ciberadicción, juego y videojuego patológicosAddictions without Drug: Nomophobia, Ciberaddiction, pathological Gambling and Video-gambling  (3101G01077)

Conceptual foundations of non-drug related addictions: nomophobia (mobile phone addiction), cyberaddiction (Internet/social network addiction), pathological gambling and video-gaming.Epidemiology.Clinical.Explanatory models.Tools for detection and techniques for assessment and diagnosis.Preventive programmes aimed at parents/guardians and teachers.Techniques and resources for the psychological treatment of non-drug related addictions.Other non-drug related addictions: sex, work, shopping, sport (vigorexia) and eating (orthorexia).

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Orientació i assessorament professionalOrientación y asesoramiento profesionalGuidance and professional advice  (3101G01078)

Professional counselling and advice is an important field of intervention in psychology.The demand for guidance on vocational decision-making in educational centres, professional development in businesses and organisations, and support in the process of incorporating people at risk of social exclusion into the workplace, has significantly increased the demand for psychology professionals with this form of training.The subject aims to develop competencies in order to be able to provide professional guidance and counselling in the contexts in which psychology professionals carry out their work, as well as to design, implement and evaluate innovative and evidence-based interventions, proposals and programmes.It also aims to be a useful tool for professional guidance for the students enrolled in the programme.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Suport a la diversitat sexual i de gènere en intervenció educativa, social i psicològicaApoyo a la diversidad sexual y de género en intervención educativa, social y psicológicaSupport to sexual and gender diversity in educational, social and psychological intervention  (3101G00163)

This subject looks at the challenge of sexual and gender diversity for education professionals and psychological and social intervention professionals.With this aim, the subject is divided into three core areas: a) Review of the different theoretical approaches to gender and sexual diversity; b) Effects and consequences of discrimination and prejudice; c) Tools and skills for supporting LGBTI people.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Crisi ecosocial: de l’anàlisi a la intervenció Crisis ecosocial: del análisis a la intervención Ecosocial crisis: from analysis to intervention   (3101G00164)

This subject explores the contemporary socio-ecological crisis and its disproportionate effects on certain population groups, highlighting the urgent need for educational, psychological and social intervention.Throughout the course, the intersectional character of environmental problems will be examined in relation to broader social, political and economic systems.Through the development of critical thought, education and action, participants will learn to design and implement proposals for educational and psychosocial intervention that promote a sustainable and ecosocially just future.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Practicum9.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Pràcticum 2Prácticum 2Fieldwork 2  (3101G01008)

The objective of the practicum is to enable students to apply, observe and reflect on the contents they have been learning in the other degree modules in contexts where they may work in a professional capacity in the future.More specifically, they will have to put into practice the principles and procedures of evaluation and psychological intervention.Mainly, observe and conduct interviews, use observation and apply psychological tests.Also, they will have to know the several fields of application of psychology, acquire the necessary knowledge to influence and promote the quality of life of individuals, groups and organisations in different contexts; education, clinical settings and the health of workplaces and organisations, and community settings.It is also expected that the student will learn to socialise and relate in the different practicum settings, coordinating with other professionals and recognising the organisational dynamics of their work placement centre.The practicum should enable the student to acquire the knowledge they will need and a professional role that will guide them in their future profession.

 OBCompulsory 9.00 e.g. 2second semester
F 1first semester
J 2second semester

Psychosocial intervention 12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Intervenció psicosocial Intervención psicosocial Psychosocial intervention   (3101G01068)

The module content is arranged into the following thematic blocks: 1.Psychosociology of the social intervention: a. Social policies and social intervention.Intentional social change.Problems and social needs and their social representations.Human rights.Social risk and prevention.Social welfare and quality of life.b. Basic, applicable and applied knowledge.Applied social psychology.The community perspective.Sense of community, promotion and community development.c. Historical paradigms in the ways of facing problems and social needs.Social intervention techniques.Pro-sociality and social support networks.Donating.Voluntary workers.Mutual help.Mediation.Cooperativism.d. Evaluation of complex situations.The use of social and psychosocial indicators.Planning and organising social interventions.Evaluative research.Social agents involved and social participation.The social intervention psychologist.Ethics of psychosocial intervention.2.Areas of the psychosocial intervention: a. Systems of welfare and social protection (social services): Childhood, adolescence and family.Young people and adults.Older peoplePeople affected

 OBCompulsory 12.00 e.g. Aannual
J Aannual

Bachelor's thesis12.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Treball final de grauTrabajo final de gradoFinal project  (3101G01069)

This module is based on the following contents: . Producing a piece of work that could be a piece of research: students will conduct research which should be related to the practicum they undertake.The above mentioned research project should result in a written report and public oral presentation which should include the sections stipulated for this type of work.or the production of a product, perhaps a project that improves some aspect related to the practicum they are undertaking, the bibliographical review of a subject of interest which we recommend should be related to the practicum, the evaluation of a programme they are carrying out, etc.Whatever the product, as in the case of the research project, it should result in a written report and an oral presentation that must include any sections that are relevant to the product in question.. Seminars for helping produce projectsThese will cover the methodological, technological, instrumental and formal aspects of producing the piece of work.

 OBCompulsory 12.00 e.g. 2second semester
J 2second semester

Optional subjects of the bachelor's degree in psychology21.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Intervenció psicològica en processos de pèrdua i dolIntervención psicológica en procesos de pérdida y dueloPsychological intervention in grief, loss and bereavement processes  (3101G01014)

Conceptual bases in the processes of loss.Theory of the complaint.The emotions.Trauma.Grief.The grief as a complex process.Symptoms.Tasks.Dynamisms.Strategies of facing up.Prevention of the difficulties in the process in mourning.Education for the life and the death.Palliative care.Giving bad news.Seeing the body.Ceremony of personalised farewell.Evaluation of the process in mourning.Main risk factors.Intervention in processes in mourning.Advice.Individual therapy.Group therapy.Complicated grief.Typology.Unauthorised grief.Therapeutic strategies.Children and grief.Understanding the concept of death.How to deliver bad news.The COR model to help children with grief.Main psychological interventions.Caring for the professional.Preventing burnout.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Trastorns de la personalitatTrastornos de la personalidadPersonality disorders  (3101G01015)

Conceptual foundations of personality disorders (PDs).Classification and diagnosis of PDs.Epidemiology of PDs.Etiology and explanatory models of PDs.PD clinic.Assessment of PDs.Differential diagnosis of PDs.Comorbidity of PDs.Intervention in PDs.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 1first semester

Neuropsicologia clínicaNeuropsicología clínicaClinical neuropsychology  (3101G01016)

The subject area content will follow the following thematic blocks: 1.Neurological conditions that occur with cognitive disorders: cerebral vascular accident, tumours, epilepsy, infection and cranioencephalic trauma 2.Basic focal brain syndromes: frontal, temporary, parietal, occipital, of the right hemisphere and of the corpus callosum 3.Neuropsychological disorders, agnosia, apraxia, amnesia, aphasia, alexia, agraphia, acalculia, dysexecutive syndromes, behavioural and personality disorders and dementia 4.Neuropsychological assessment in adults 5.Neuropsychological plasticity, recovery and rehabilitation in adults with brain conditions.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Trastorns de la conducta alimentària: prevenció, avaluació i tractamentTrastornos de la conducta alimentaria: prevención, evaluación y tratamientoEating disorders : prevention, evaluation and treatment  (3101G01020)

• Historical evolution of eating disorders• Diagnostic criteria and clinical characteristics in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and compulsive eating disorders.• Multicausal etiology: predisposition factors, triggering and maintenance• Assessment: main assessment instruments and techniques of EDs• Intervention: primary prevention, secondary prevention, treatment and follow-up.Interdisciplinary work in the treatment of EDs.• Ethical aspects in intervention in EDs.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Psicologia del dolorPsicología del dolorPsychology of pain  (3101G01022)

Biological, psychological and social bases of pain.Acute and chronic pain.Pain and suffering.Psychological modulation of pain.Assessment of pain and psychological therapies.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Bases de psicofarmacologiaBases de psicofarmacologíaBasis of psychopharmacology  (3101G01024)

The content of the module is organised into three thematic blocks: 1.Introduction to pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmaco-dynamics.Varying response to pharmaceuticals.2.Classification and characteristics of psychiatric drugs.3.Psychiatric drugs in various disorders.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Assessorament i intervenció psicològica a l'educació formalAsesoramiento e intervención psicológica en la educación formalPsychological advice and intervention in formal education  (3101G01030)

1: Characteristics and conditioning factors of the help provided by psychological advice.Professional profile.Conceptual frameworks of psychological help.2: Intervention models.Guidance and advice.The constructive educational advice model.Collaborative advice.3: Advice and strategies for attention to diversity at the institutional level.Institutional analysis and types of intervention and advice.4: Psycho-educational intervention directed at optimising education and learning processes and of attention to diversity.Advice and strategies for attention to diversity in the classroom.5: Psychopedagogic intervention and working in a network.Social support and working in a network.The collaborative network.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Psicobiologia del desenvolupamentPsicobiología del desarrolloDevelopmental psychobiology  (3101G01031)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.The Evolutionist Psychology of Development: the evolutionist perspective of ontogenetic development.The role of long human development as a result of evolution for including children in the culture.Ontogeny and culture in the development of human social cognition.2.Brain development and neural plasticity: the neurogenesis process and function, migration, growth, synaptogenesis and the myelination of neurons.The effect of the environment on the development of the brain.3.The cognitive neuroscience of development: the development of memory, language, cognition, social cognition and executive functions.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Teoria de l'afecció i neurociència de l'afectivitatTeoría del apego y neurociencia de la afectividad.Affective neuroscience attachment theory  (3101G01032)

1.Basic concepts of Bowlby’s theory (attachment theory).Ethology, emotion and control systems.Separation and grief from the perspective of attachment.Mother-child interaction and emotional patterns: the studies of Mary Ainsworth.The contributions of Mary Main: the observation of disorganised attachment.2.Emotion and intervention in children and families at risk: children in foster care or children's homes.Emotion and the adoption processes.Case study.3.Emotion and psychopathology.4.Principles of psychodynamic evolutionary psychology.The theory of emotion and psychoanalysis.5.Advances in the theory of emotion and the psychoanalytic perspective: Introduction to the neuroscience of emotion.Intersubjectivity and emotion.The neurobiology of emotional regulation.The importance of emotion in early development from the neuroscience perspective.6.The emergence of neuro-psychoanalysis.Understanding the mind-brain relationship.Cognition-emotion interaction.7.Clinical applications of the theory of emotion and the neuroscience of emotion.Study of clinical cases.8.Principles of psychotherapeutic intervention using the theory of emotion and neuro-psychoanalysis.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Bases de psiconeuroendocrinologiaBases de psiconeuroendocrinologíaBasis of psychoneuroendocrinology  (3101G01037)

The contents of the module follow two thematic blocks: 1.The neuroendocrinology system and behaviour.Sexual differentiation and behaviour.Parental behaviour.The hormonal system during chronological age and behaviour.2.Hormones and mood.Homeostasis and behaviour.Hormonal changes and behaviour.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Psicologia jurídicaPsicología jurídicaJuridical psychology  (3101G01039)

Forensic psychology, family expert, prison psychology, witness assessment, forensic interview.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Intervenció psicològica en les organitzacionsIntervención psicológica en las organizacionesIntervention in organizational psychology  (3101G01041)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.The psychologist in the organisation.Functions.2.Concept of organisation.3.The evolution of the organisation.4.Comprehensive quality.5.The managerial function.6.Power and leadership.7.The needs of workers.Motivations.8.Human resources in the company.Planning the organisational structure.9.Recruitment.The interview 10.Consultancy in human resources.Type.11.Studies in the organisation: Performance assessment.Work environment.12.Placements.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Problemes socials de la infància i risc socialProblemas sociales de la infancia y riesgo socialSocial problems and social risk in childhood   (3101G01042)

1.Childhood and the evolution of its social problems in a historical perspective.The concept of social risk.2.Basic strands of the legal, political and administrative framework, on child care and in particular children in at risk social situations.3.Risk and protection factors and indicators.Vulnerability and resilience.4.Introduction to child abuse.5.Introduction to the juvenile justice system.6.Intervention in the area of children at risk: a. Paradigms.b. Organisation, typology and functions of services.7.The rights of children under administrative procedures.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Deconstrucció de la psicopatologiaDeconstrucción de la psicopatologíaDeconstruction of psychopathology  (3101G01044)

Subject area content themes: 1.Culture, society and construction of the pathological.2.Contributions of anti-psychiatry and the initiatives of de-institutionalization and de-stigmatisation.3."Women" and "madness" 4.The “psi” complex.5.Psychopathologisation of experiences in globalisation.6.New approaches and understandings from social constructivism.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Introducció a la violència de gènereIntroducción a la violencia de géneroIntroduction to domestic violence  (3101G01045)

1.Social imaginations, subjectivity and the sex-gender system.2.Androcentric and heteronormative relations in cultures, societies and groups.3.Power relationships and microviolence in daily life: Identification and resources for change.4.Institutional and symbolic gender violence: Visibility of social, economic, historical and cultural inequalities.5.Psychosocial experiences of the transformation of gender violence.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 1first semester

Intervenció psicològica en emergènciesIntervención psicológica en emergencias Psychological intervention in emergencies  (3101G01049)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.Psychological reactions to traumatic events.2.Basic principles of psychological first aid (early psychological intervention) and psychosocial interventions in emergency or disaster contexts.3.Disaster risk reduction strategies and facilitating resilient communities.4.Stress management and care of professionals.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Psicopatologia forensePsicopatología forenseForensic psychopathology  (3101G01052)

Subject area content themes: 1.Forensic psychopathology and legal system 2.Main pathopsychological disorders and their legal implications.3.Accountability: concept, evolution and evaluation.4.Instruments of Forensic Evaluation (IEF) 5.Murderers and psychopaths: reality, myths and scientific knowledge.6.Analysis of judicial sentences.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Gestió i resolució de conflictesGestión y resolución de conflictosManagement and resolution of conflicts  (3101G01055)

The contents of the module will be arranged into the following thematic blocks: SUBJECT 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE NOTION OF CONFLICT.SUBJECT 2- PSYCHOSOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICT.SUBJECT 3- NATURE AND ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF NEGOTIATION.SUBJECT 4- DISTRIBUTIVE NEGOTIATION AND INTEGRATIVE NEGOTIATION.SUBJECT 5- THE PROFESSIONAL IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION.THE INSTITUTIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT/MEDIATION.SUBJECT 6- CASE STUDY ON MEDIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Educació per la SalutEducación para la SaludHealth Education  (3101G01071)

Providing students with the tools required to understand and propose community programmes to help improve people’s health.The differences between Education and Prevention.Community healthMethodology of work and requirements to work in community health.Designing a health improvement programme with the community.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Programes d’intervenció des de l’Envelliment ActiuProgramas de intervención desde el Envejecimiento ActivoPrograms of intervention from Active Aging  (3101G01072)

Developing, defining and facilitating the working methodology to design programmes to promote active ageing.Characteristics of active ageing.Main elements of active ageing programmes; working methodology.Elaboration of a possible programme.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Psicologia de l’esportPsicología del deportePsychology of sports  (3101G01073)

Knowing the principles, concepts, theories, tools and areas of action of the psychology of sport.Contents: 1.Bases and contextualisation of the psychology of sport 2.Basic psychological needs: motivation, self-confidence, attention and concentration, level of activation.3.The work with the different agents involved in sport: sportsmen, coaches, referees and judges, parents, managers, other sports professionals.4.Intervention techniques in the psychology of sport: individual sessions, group sessions, training and competitions.5.Areas of action in the psychology of sport: performance, initiation, adherence, values, and adapted sport.6.Psychology of performance: relationship between the psychology of sport and the psychology of the organisations.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Tractament psicosocial de la diversitat afectiu-sexual: LGTBI. Homofòbia i transfòbiaTratamiento psicosocial de la diversidad afectivo-sexual: LGTBI. Homofobia y transfobiaPsychosocial treatment of affective-sexual diversity: LGTBI. Homophobia and transphobia  (3101G01074)

Perspectives with the possibility of psychosocial transformation: .The sexual and gender diversity model: bodies, identities and diverse sexualities; challenging cis-normativity..Intersectionality and deconstructing heterosexuality and cis-genderism The legal framework protecting the LGTBI community in Catalonia.Act 11/2014.Demand for psychological care among the LGTBI community related to sexual orientation and gender identity : intra- and inter-subjective conflicts with sexual-affective orientation, Homo-, lesbo-, trans- and biphobia.(bullying, aggressive and violent acts, discrimination area of health), intragender violence.Socio-educational prevention and intervention strategies.Good practices: .Tools and educational resources to explore the subject .Families LGTBIQ+

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Risc de suïcidi: conceptes, avaluació i intervenció psicològicaRiesgo de suicidio: conceptos, evaluación e intervención psicológicaRisk of suicide: concepts, assessment and psychological intervention  (3101G01076)

Concept of suicide risk.Prevalence.Identification of the different risk factors.Description of associated psychopathology.Assessment of suicide risk.Psychotherapeutic techniques.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Addiccions sense Droga: Nomofòbia, Ciberaddicció, joc i videojoc patològicsAdicciones sin Droga: Nomofobia, Ciberadicción, juego y videojuego patológicosAddictions without Drug: Nomophobia, Ciberaddiction, pathological Gambling and Video-gambling  (3101G01077)

Conceptual foundations of non-drug related addictions: nomophobia (mobile phone addiction), cyberaddiction (Internet/social network addiction), pathological gambling and video-gaming.Epidemiology.Clinical.Explanatory models.Tools for detection and techniques for assessment and diagnosis.Preventive programmes aimed at parents/guardians and teachers.Techniques and resources for the psychological treatment of non-drug related addictions.Other non-drug related addictions: sex, work, shopping, sport (vigorexia) and eating (orthorexia).

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Orientació i assessorament professionalOrientación y asesoramiento profesionalGuidance and professional advice  (3101G01078)

Professional counselling and advice is an important field of intervention in psychology.The demand for guidance on vocational decision-making in educational centres, professional development in businesses and organisations, and support in the process of incorporating people at risk of social exclusion into the workplace, has significantly increased the demand for psychology professionals with this form of training.The subject aims to develop competencies in order to be able to provide professional guidance and counselling in the contexts in which psychology professionals carry out their work, as well as to design, implement and evaluate innovative and evidence-based interventions, proposals and programmes.It also aims to be a useful tool for professional guidance for the students enrolled in the programme.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Suport a la diversitat sexual i de gènere en intervenció educativa, social i psicològicaApoyo a la diversidad sexual y de género en intervención educativa, social y psicológicaSupport to sexual and gender diversity in educational, social and psychological intervention  (3101G00163)

This subject looks at the challenge of sexual and gender diversity for education professionals and psychological and social intervention professionals.With this aim, the subject is divided into three core areas: a) Review of the different theoretical approaches to gender and sexual diversity; b) Effects and consequences of discrimination and prejudice; c) Tools and skills for supporting LGBTI people.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Crisi ecosocial: de l’anàlisi a la intervenció Crisis ecosocial: del análisis a la intervención Ecosocial crisis: from analysis to intervention   (3101G00164)

This subject explores the contemporary socio-ecological crisis and its disproportionate effects on certain population groups, highlighting the urgent need for educational, psychological and social intervention.Throughout the course, the intersectional character of environmental problems will be examined in relation to broader social, political and economic systems.Through the development of critical thought, education and action, participants will learn to design and implement proposals for educational and psychosocial intervention that promote a sustainable and ecosocially just future.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Optional modules + academic recognition36.00 credits

Name of the subject and description Type Credits Group Duration

Intervenció psicològica en processos de pèrdua i dolIntervención psicológica en procesos de pérdida y dueloPsychological intervention in grief, loss and bereavement processes  (3101G01014)

Conceptual bases in the processes of loss.Theory of the complaint.The emotions.Trauma.Grief.The grief as a complex process.Symptoms.Tasks.Dynamisms.Strategies of facing up.Prevention of the difficulties in the process in mourning.Education for the life and the death.Palliative care.Giving bad news.Seeing the body.Ceremony of personalised farewell.Evaluation of the process in mourning.Main risk factors.Intervention in processes in mourning.Advice.Individual therapy.Group therapy.Complicated grief.Typology.Unauthorised grief.Therapeutic strategies.Children and grief.Understanding the concept of death.How to deliver bad news.The COR model to help children with grief.Main psychological interventions.Caring for the professional.Preventing burnout.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Trastorns de la personalitatTrastornos de la personalidadPersonality disorders  (3101G01015)

Conceptual foundations of personality disorders (PDs).Classification and diagnosis of PDs.Epidemiology of PDs.Etiology and explanatory models of PDs.PD clinic.Assessment of PDs.Differential diagnosis of PDs.Comorbidity of PDs.Intervention in PDs.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 1first semester

Neuropsicologia clínicaNeuropsicología clínicaClinical neuropsychology  (3101G01016)

The subject area content will follow the following thematic blocks: 1.Neurological conditions that occur with cognitive disorders: cerebral vascular accident, tumours, epilepsy, infection and cranioencephalic trauma 2.Basic focal brain syndromes: frontal, temporary, parietal, occipital, of the right hemisphere and of the corpus callosum 3.Neuropsychological disorders, agnosia, apraxia, amnesia, aphasia, alexia, agraphia, acalculia, dysexecutive syndromes, behavioural and personality disorders and dementia 4.Neuropsychological assessment in adults 5.Neuropsychological plasticity, recovery and rehabilitation in adults with brain conditions.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Trastorns de la conducta alimentària: prevenció, avaluació i tractamentTrastornos de la conducta alimentaria: prevención, evaluación y tratamientoEating disorders : prevention, evaluation and treatment  (3101G01020)

• Historical evolution of eating disorders• Diagnostic criteria and clinical characteristics in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and compulsive eating disorders.• Multicausal etiology: predisposition factors, triggering and maintenance• Assessment: main assessment instruments and techniques of EDs• Intervention: primary prevention, secondary prevention, treatment and follow-up.Interdisciplinary work in the treatment of EDs.• Ethical aspects in intervention in EDs.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Psicologia del dolorPsicología del dolorPsychology of pain  (3101G01022)

Biological, psychological and social bases of pain.Acute and chronic pain.Pain and suffering.Psychological modulation of pain.Assessment of pain and psychological therapies.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Bases de psicofarmacologiaBases de psicofarmacologíaBasis of psychopharmacology  (3101G01024)

The content of the module is organised into three thematic blocks: 1.Introduction to pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmaco-dynamics.Varying response to pharmaceuticals.2.Classification and characteristics of psychiatric drugs.3.Psychiatric drugs in various disorders.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Assessorament i intervenció psicològica a l'educació formalAsesoramiento e intervención psicológica en la educación formalPsychological advice and intervention in formal education  (3101G01030)

1: Characteristics and conditioning factors of the help provided by psychological advice.Professional profile.Conceptual frameworks of psychological help.2: Intervention models.Guidance and advice.The constructive educational advice model.Collaborative advice.3: Advice and strategies for attention to diversity at the institutional level.Institutional analysis and types of intervention and advice.4: Psycho-educational intervention directed at optimising education and learning processes and of attention to diversity.Advice and strategies for attention to diversity in the classroom.5: Psychopedagogic intervention and working in a network.Social support and working in a network.The collaborative network.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Psicobiologia del desenvolupamentPsicobiología del desarrolloDevelopmental psychobiology  (3101G01031)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.The Evolutionist Psychology of Development: the evolutionist perspective of ontogenetic development.The role of long human development as a result of evolution for including children in the culture.Ontogeny and culture in the development of human social cognition.2.Brain development and neural plasticity: the neurogenesis process and function, migration, growth, synaptogenesis and the myelination of neurons.The effect of the environment on the development of the brain.3.The cognitive neuroscience of development: the development of memory, language, cognition, social cognition and executive functions.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

Teoria de l'afecció i neurociència de l'afectivitatTeoría del apego y neurociencia de la afectividad.Affective neuroscience attachment theory  (3101G01032)

1.Basic concepts of Bowlby’s theory (attachment theory).Ethology, emotion and control systems.Separation and grief from the perspective of attachment.Mother-child interaction and emotional patterns: the studies of Mary Ainsworth.The contributions of Mary Main: the observation of disorganised attachment.2.Emotion and intervention in children and families at risk: children in foster care or children's homes.Emotion and the adoption processes.Case study.3.Emotion and psychopathology.4.Principles of psychodynamic evolutionary psychology.The theory of emotion and psychoanalysis.5.Advances in the theory of emotion and the psychoanalytic perspective: Introduction to the neuroscience of emotion.Intersubjectivity and emotion.The neurobiology of emotional regulation.The importance of emotion in early development from the neuroscience perspective.6.The emergence of neuro-psychoanalysis.Understanding the mind-brain relationship.Cognition-emotion interaction.7.Clinical applications of the theory of emotion and the neuroscience of emotion.Study of clinical cases.8.Principles of psychotherapeutic intervention using the theory of emotion and neuro-psychoanalysis.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Bases de psiconeuroendocrinologiaBases de psiconeuroendocrinologíaBasis of psychoneuroendocrinology  (3101G01037)

The contents of the module follow two thematic blocks: 1.The neuroendocrinology system and behaviour.Sexual differentiation and behaviour.Parental behaviour.The hormonal system during chronological age and behaviour.2.Hormones and mood.Homeostasis and behaviour.Hormonal changes and behaviour.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Psicologia jurídicaPsicología jurídicaJuridical psychology  (3101G01039)

Forensic psychology, family expert, prison psychology, witness assessment, forensic interview.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Intervenció psicològica en les organitzacionsIntervención psicológica en las organizacionesIntervention in organizational psychology  (3101G01041)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.The psychologist in the organisation.Functions.2.Concept of organisation.3.The evolution of the organisation.4.Comprehensive quality.5.The managerial function.6.Power and leadership.7.The needs of workers.Motivations.8.Human resources in the company.Planning the organisational structure.9.Recruitment.The interview 10.Consultancy in human resources.Type.11.Studies in the organisation: Performance assessment.Work environment.12.Placements.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Problemes socials de la infància i risc socialProblemas sociales de la infancia y riesgo socialSocial problems and social risk in childhood   (3101G01042)

1.Childhood and the evolution of its social problems in a historical perspective.The concept of social risk.2.Basic strands of the legal, political and administrative framework, on child care and in particular children in at risk social situations.3.Risk and protection factors and indicators.Vulnerability and resilience.4.Introduction to child abuse.5.Introduction to the juvenile justice system.6.Intervention in the area of children at risk: a. Paradigms.b. Organisation, typology and functions of services.7.The rights of children under administrative procedures.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Deconstrucció de la psicopatologiaDeconstrucción de la psicopatologíaDeconstruction of psychopathology  (3101G01044)

Subject area content themes: 1.Culture, society and construction of the pathological.2.Contributions of anti-psychiatry and the initiatives of de-institutionalization and de-stigmatisation.3."Women" and "madness" 4.The “psi” complex.5.Psychopathologisation of experiences in globalisation.6.New approaches and understandings from social constructivism.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Introducció a la violència de gènereIntroducción a la violencia de géneroIntroduction to domestic violence  (3101G01045)

1.Social imaginations, subjectivity and the sex-gender system.2.Androcentric and heteronormative relations in cultures, societies and groups.3.Power relationships and microviolence in daily life: Identification and resources for change.4.Institutional and symbolic gender violence: Visibility of social, economic, historical and cultural inequalities.5.Psychosocial experiences of the transformation of gender violence.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 1first semester

Intervenció psicològica en emergènciesIntervención psicológica en emergencias Psychological intervention in emergencies  (3101G01049)

The contents of the module will be ordered through the following thematic blocks: 1.Psychological reactions to traumatic events.2.Basic principles of psychological first aid (early psychological intervention) and psychosocial interventions in emergency or disaster contexts.3.Disaster risk reduction strategies and facilitating resilient communities.4.Stress management and care of professionals.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Psicopatologia forensePsicopatología forenseForensic psychopathology  (3101G01052)

Subject area content themes: 1.Forensic psychopathology and legal system 2.Main pathopsychological disorders and their legal implications.3.Accountability: concept, evolution and evaluation.4.Instruments of Forensic Evaluation (IEF) 5.Murderers and psychopaths: reality, myths and scientific knowledge.6.Analysis of judicial sentences.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Gestió i resolució de conflictesGestión y resolución de conflictosManagement and resolution of conflicts  (3101G01055)

The contents of the module will be arranged into the following thematic blocks: SUBJECT 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE NOTION OF CONFLICT.SUBJECT 2- PSYCHOSOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICT.SUBJECT 3- NATURE AND ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF NEGOTIATION.SUBJECT 4- DISTRIBUTIVE NEGOTIATION AND INTEGRATIVE NEGOTIATION.SUBJECT 5- THE PROFESSIONAL IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION.THE INSTITUTIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT/MEDIATION.SUBJECT 6- CASE STUDY ON MEDIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Educació per la SalutEducación para la SaludHealth Education  (3101G01071)

Providing students with the tools required to understand and propose community programmes to help improve people’s health.The differences between Education and Prevention.Community healthMethodology of work and requirements to work in community health.Designing a health improvement programme with the community.

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Programes d’intervenció des de l’Envelliment ActiuProgramas de intervención desde el Envejecimiento ActivoPrograms of intervention from Active Aging  (3101G01072)

Developing, defining and facilitating the working methodology to design programmes to promote active ageing.Characteristics of active ageing.Main elements of active ageing programmes; working methodology.Elaboration of a possible programme.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Psicologia de l’esportPsicología del deportePsychology of sports  (3101G01073)

Knowing the principles, concepts, theories, tools and areas of action of the psychology of sport.Contents: 1.Bases and contextualisation of the psychology of sport 2.Basic psychological needs: motivation, self-confidence, attention and concentration, level of activation.3.The work with the different agents involved in sport: sportsmen, coaches, referees and judges, parents, managers, other sports professionals.4.Intervention techniques in the psychology of sport: individual sessions, group sessions, training and competitions.5.Areas of action in the psychology of sport: performance, initiation, adherence, values, and adapted sport.6.Psychology of performance: relationship between the psychology of sport and the psychology of the organisations.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Tractament psicosocial de la diversitat afectiu-sexual: LGTBI. Homofòbia i transfòbiaTratamiento psicosocial de la diversidad afectivo-sexual: LGTBI. Homofobia y transfobiaPsychosocial treatment of affective-sexual diversity: LGTBI. Homophobia and transphobia  (3101G01074)

Perspectives with the possibility of psychosocial transformation: .The sexual and gender diversity model: bodies, identities and diverse sexualities; challenging cis-normativity..Intersectionality and deconstructing heterosexuality and cis-genderism The legal framework protecting the LGTBI community in Catalonia.Act 11/2014.Demand for psychological care among the LGTBI community related to sexual orientation and gender identity : intra- and inter-subjective conflicts with sexual-affective orientation, Homo-, lesbo-, trans- and biphobia.(bullying, aggressive and violent acts, discrimination area of health), intragender violence.Socio-educational prevention and intervention strategies.Good practices: .Tools and educational resources to explore the subject .Families LGTBIQ+

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Risc de suïcidi: conceptes, avaluació i intervenció psicològicaRiesgo de suicidio: conceptos, evaluación e intervención psicológicaRisk of suicide: concepts, assessment and psychological intervention  (3101G01076)

Concept of suicide risk.Prevalence.Identification of the different risk factors.Description of associated psychopathology.Assessment of suicide risk.Psychotherapeutic techniques.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Addiccions sense Droga: Nomofòbia, Ciberaddicció, joc i videojoc patològicsAdicciones sin Droga: Nomofobia, Ciberadicción, juego y videojuego patológicosAddictions without Drug: Nomophobia, Ciberaddiction, pathological Gambling and Video-gambling  (3101G01077)

Conceptual foundations of non-drug related addictions: nomophobia (mobile phone addiction), cyberaddiction (Internet/social network addiction), pathological gambling and video-gaming.Epidemiology.Clinical.Explanatory models.Tools for detection and techniques for assessment and diagnosis.Preventive programmes aimed at parents/guardians and teachers.Techniques and resources for the psychological treatment of non-drug related addictions.Other non-drug related addictions: sex, work, shopping, sport (vigorexia) and eating (orthorexia).

 OPoptional 3.00 F 1first semester

Orientació i assessorament professionalOrientación y asesoramiento profesionalGuidance and professional advice  (3101G01078)

Professional counselling and advice is an important field of intervention in psychology.The demand for guidance on vocational decision-making in educational centres, professional development in businesses and organisations, and support in the process of incorporating people at risk of social exclusion into the workplace, has significantly increased the demand for psychology professionals with this form of training.The subject aims to develop competencies in order to be able to provide professional guidance and counselling in the contexts in which psychology professionals carry out their work, as well as to design, implement and evaluate innovative and evidence-based interventions, proposals and programmes.It also aims to be a useful tool for professional guidance for the students enrolled in the programme.

 OPoptional 3.00 J 2second semester

Suport a la diversitat sexual i de gènere en intervenció educativa, social i psicològicaApoyo a la diversidad sexual y de género en intervención educativa, social y psicológicaSupport to sexual and gender diversity in educational, social and psychological intervention  (3101G00163)

This subject looks at the challenge of sexual and gender diversity for education professionals and psychological and social intervention professionals.With this aim, the subject is divided into three core areas: a) Review of the different theoretical approaches to gender and sexual diversity; b) Effects and consequences of discrimination and prejudice; c) Tools and skills for supporting LGBTI people.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 2second semester

Crisi ecosocial: de l’anàlisi a la intervenció Crisis ecosocial: del análisis a la intervención Ecosocial crisis: from analysis to intervention   (3101G00164)

This subject explores the contemporary socio-ecological crisis and its disproportionate effects on certain population groups, highlighting the urgent need for educational, psychological and social intervention.Throughout the course, the intersectional character of environmental problems will be examined in relation to broader social, political and economic systems.Through the development of critical thought, education and action, participants will learn to design and implement proposals for educational and psychosocial intervention that promote a sustainable and ecosocially just future.

 OPoptional 3.00 A 1first semester

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