(I). psychology in the professional training of the physiotherapist. Psychology: definition, orientation and methods.
(II) personality: definitions, major theories such as psychodynamic and cognitivism, cognitive development according to Piaget theory, Bowlby''s attachment theory and internal models, defense mechanisms, definition and coping styles and others constructs derived from cognitive theory such as the locus of control and mastery strategies, welfare applications (from notes during lessons);
(III). cognitive functions: sensation and perception (from the textbook); attention (from the textbook); learning: definition, classical and operant conditioning theory, other forms of learning, the neurobiological bases of learning (from the textbook and lesson notes); memory: memory systems such as sensory memory and short-term and long-term memory processes such as encryption and storage and retrieval of information, oblivion, neurobiological bases of memory (from the textbook and lesson’s notes); thought: definition, concepts and categorization, imagination, reasoning and problem solving (from the textbook and lesson’s notes); intelligence: definition, intelligence theories, intelligence evaluation (from the textbook); language: verbal language, structural components of language such as phonemes and morphs, language development, confronting of theories such as theory of learning and innate theory and socio-interactive theory, critical periods in the acquisition of language, neurobiological bases; motivation: instincts and impulses, the main theories on motivation, motivational hierarchies, examples and applications (from the textbook and lesson’s notes); emotions: definitions, functions, theories, components of the emotional process, emotional regulation, the neurobiological bases of emotions (from book and lesson’s notes).
(IV). communication: definition of communication, communication models, axioms of communication, verbal communication, nonverbal communication and its channels, such as kinetic and proximal and aptic (from the notes of the lesson); the helping relationship: definition, empathy, steps in the helping relationship, applications in the care field (from the notes of the lesson).