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:

2018

Year of supply:

2018/2019

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:

Second semester

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

The module provides advanced training in developmental psychology with respect to early interactive and communicative development, from prenatal period to the second year of life, in typical, atypical (e.g. autism) and at risk (e.g. preterm birth) conditions.
Graduates will be able to show:
1) advanced knowledge of the processes underlying early interactive and communicative development and the mechanism regulating their unfolding over the developmental time; the capacity to refer transitions to the changes in the individiual-environment rrlationship; to connect typical and atypical processes and outcomes.
2) the capacity to support theoretical claims with empirical data; to identify the main research questions, as well as hypotheses and aims of the most relevant research in the field
3) the capacity to organize knowledge in a coherent theoretical plan, grounded on a scientific methodological framework
4) the capacity to report and discuss original research findings and theoretical claims.
5) the capacity to reflect on their own performance and make constructive use of feedback as well as to work independently, and plan to work effectively.

Contents

Social responsivness in neonatal period; early dyadic interaction; development of the understanding of viual, gestural and emotional reference; gestural communciaiton and early language acquisition; early forms of social understanding; joint attention in typycal, atypical and at risk conditions; brain-behavior-environment interaction in early 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

Psicologia dello sviluppo del linguaggio (20013) (a cura di S. D’Amico e A. Devescovi). Bologna: I lMulino. Limitatamente a: PARTE PRIMA: BASI BIOLOGICHE E TEORIE ESPLICATIVE Cap. 1 Teorie dello sviluppo del linguaggio, di S. D’Amico e A. Devescovi Cap. II Basi neurobiologiche dello sviluppo del linguaggio, di D. Brizzolara, A. Chilosi e C. Pecini, Cap. III. Dall’azione al linguaggio: il ruolo del gesto,di P. Rinaldi e V. Volterra. PARTE SECONDA. FATTORI COMUNICATIVI E ASPETTI DELLO SVILUPPO DEL LINGUAGGIO Cap. IV. La comunicazione prelinguistica, di T. Aureli e P. Perucchini
• 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.
• Frith U. (2007).L’autismo. Spiegazione di un enigma. Laterza, pp. 300, € 16.00
• Lavelli M. (2007). Intersoggettività. Origini e primo sviluppo. Raffaello Cortina Editore, pp. 262, € 19.55

Teaching Methods

Lectures; work in small groups followed by PP presentation; reading and discussing research articles.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

During the course: presentation of selected topics (aims 3, 4) and research articles (aim 2). Final: written task with open questions with 10 questions to be answered out of 17 questions (aims 1-5). Results will get 30/30 points at the maximum

Contacts/More Information

Full frequency to lessons is highly recommended.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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