PSICOLOGIA DELLO SVILUPPO INTERATTIVO E COMUNICATIVO

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

27026

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016

Year of supply:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

Psychology of Development and Psychology of Education

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

AURELI TIZIANA

Cycle:

Third trimester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

Logical and reasoning skills; knowledge of the main developmental theories; knowledge of the main methods in developmental psychology; knowledge of experimental methodology; comprehension of English written research papers.

Objectives

Knowledge of early social understanding and communicative abilities, in particular of the psychological processes and mechanisms underlying their development, both in typical and atypical (autistic and preterm infants) conditions; ability to link normal and impaired development; ability to refer theoretical claims to empirical data.

Contents

Human social sensitivity at birth; early reference understanding; gestural an first language acquisition; early social understanding; impaired and at risk conditions for shared attention; brain-behaviour-environment interactions in early cognitive development.

Extended Syllabus

Early social and communicative abilities in typical and atypical conditions are presented in the light of the social understanding development. Human infants are viewed as psychobiological and developing beings. Main topics are the following: Social bond formation: innate tendencies, neurological basis, environmental affordances. Dyadic interactions: temporal contingency, expressive exchanges; interpersonal co-regulation. Triadic interactions: shared attention, communicative gestures, social referencing. Intentional communication: deictic and representational gestures, pointing development. Early language: shared references, vocal and verbal schemes, first words.

Recommended Bibliography

Camaioni L. (2001) (a cura di). Psicologia dello sviluppo del linguaggio. Bologna: I l Mulino. Cap. I. Introduzione, di L. Camaioni. Cap. II. Lo sviluppo della comunicazione prima del linguaggio, di L. Camaioni e P. Perucchini. Cap. III. Parlare ai bambini che imparano a parlare, di E. Longobardi. pp. 80, € 23,50.

Tomasello M. (2009). Le origini della comunicazione umana. Cap. I. L’importanza dell’infrastruttura. Cap. 3. La comunicazione cooperativa umana. Cap. 4. Origini ontogenetiche. Cap. 5. Origini filogenetiche. Cap. 7. Dai gesti delle grandi scimmie al linguaggio. pp. 170, € 26,00

Bruner J. (1983). Il linguaggio del bambino, Roma: Armando. Le parti da studiare sono le seguenti: Avvertenza del curatore. Cap. I. Introduzione. Cap. II. Dalla comunicazione al linguaggio verbale. Cap. III. I primi giochi sociali. Cap. IV. Lo sviluppo del riferimento. Cap. V. Lo sviluppo del fare richieste. Cap. VI. Imparare a parlare. Pp. 120, € 15,60.

Teaching Methods

Lectures; work in small groups; seminars by external experts; reading and discussing research articles.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

During the course: presentation of research articles; final: written task with open questions

Contacts/More Information

Full frequency to lessons is highly recommended.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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