Identifying Data 2015/16
Subject (*) PSICOLOXÍA DA COMUNICACIÓN Code 652G04029
Study programme
Grao en Logopedia
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 2nd four-month period
Third Optativa 4.5
Language
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Psicoloxía
Coordinador
Garcia Mira, Ricardo Antonio
López-Cortón Facal, Ana María
E-mail
ricardo.garcia.mira@udc.es
ana.lopez-corton@udc.es
Lecturers
Garcia Mira, Ricardo Antonio
López-Cortón Facal, Ana María
E-mail
ricardo.garcia.mira@udc.es
ana.lopez-corton@udc.es
Web http://www.people-environment-udc.org
General description

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A2 Coñecer e integrar os fundamentos psicolóxicos da Logopedia: o desenvolvemento da linguaxe, o desenvolvemento psicolóxico, a Neuropsicoloxía da linguaxe, os procesos básicos e a Psicolingüística.
A3 Coñecer e integrar os fundamentos lingüísticos da Logopedia: Fonética e fonoloxía, morfosintaxe, semántica, pragmática, sociolingüística.
A8 Coñecer os fundamentos do proceso de avaliación e diagnóstico.
A11 Redactar un informe de avaliación logopédica.
A26 Adquirir un coñecemento práctico para a avaliación logopédica.
A30 Coñecer a actuación profesional e os contornos onde se desenvolve a práctica.
B1 Acceso, selección e xestión das fontes de información relevantes para a práctica profesional.
B2 Aplicar un pensamento crítico, lóxico e creativo.
B23 Traballar de forma colaborativa.
C6 Valorar criticamente o coñecemento, a tecnoloxía e a información dispoñible para resolver os problemas cos que deben enfrontarse.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
- Knowledge of conceptual and functional aspects of human communication. A2
A3
A26
B1
B2
B23
C6
- Knowledge of the interpersonal communication features, as well as the comunication an social relations theories, and the study of their components, properties, and effects of the interpersonal and intergroup relations. A2
A11
- Knowledge of the variables and dimensions allowing the understanding of social interaction, as well as the role that environment plays in the explanation of communicative behaviour. A2
A8
A30
- Adquiring abilities in understanding the psychology of non verbal communication, with special focus in the study of the role of the environment, the movement, the tactile behaviour, facial expression, visual and paralinguistic behaviour. A2
A8
- Analysis of the more relevant variables of persuasive communication, with special focus in the organizations and mass media. A26
C6
- Knowledge and understanding of psychosocial processes and effects involved into the communication. Emotions, social perception, attitudes, etc. Differences regarding the type of communication. A2

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Communication: an introduction

- Myths about human communication.
- Nature of communication process. Transactional, affective and personal nature.
- Instrumental and consummatory functions of communication.
- Definition of the communicationprocess. Features. Research strategies.
- Multifunctionaly of communication.
Argyle and Dean studies.
2. Interpersonal communication and social interaction
- Interpersonal communication.ç
- Social relations. Theories.
Components, properties, and effects of relations.
- Relation between groups.
3. Non verbal communication
- Non verbal communication. Theories.
- Environment, territoriality and personal space.
- Physical appearance, body movement, and body position.
- Tactile behaviour and face epressions.
- Visual behavior and paralinguistic behavior.
4. Persuasion and mass communication - Persuasion and communication.
- Variables in persuasive communication.
- Contexts of persuasion. Interpersonal persuasion.
- Persuasion in organizations.
- Persuasion in mass media.

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Document analysis A26 3 15 18
Directed discussion B2 5 10 15
Workbook C6 1 5 6
Supervised projects B1 2 12 14
Oral presentation C6 6 36 42
Guest lecture / keynote speech A2 8 8 16
 
Personalized attention 1.5 0 1.5
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Document analysis ANALYSIS OF DOCUMENT SOURCES
- Analysis of documents as a basis for the production of the programme.
- Bibliography, films.
- Internet, films with practical cases, interviews, and lectures.
Directed discussion CHAIRED DISCUSSION
- Discussion in group of relevant aspects of the contents of the programme with regard to the four main sections.
- Work groups an discussion on partial aspects.
- Discussion in group.
- Conclusions.
- Analysis and discussion of results from relevant research.
Workbook READINGS
- Preparation of readings for developing and understanding the contents of the programme.
- Selection and preparation of readings for discusson and group work.
- Selection and preparation of readings for the final examination.
Supervised projects - Preparación de trabajo en grupo de la asignatura para la adqusición de herramientas de búsqueda activa de información
-Así como su presentación oral
Oral presentation - Se requerirá la presentación oral del trabajo tutelado
Guest lecture / keynote speech MASTER SESSION
- Master sessions with presentations of the contents of the programme will be carried out. They will allow to understand and to structure mentally the scheme of theoretical and practical development of the subject.
- Other master sessions will be carried out by invited outstanding lecturers.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Workbook
Description
- With the aim of analyzing how the student is involved into the reading process, as well as how he/she processes the knowledges and methodology for making synthesis and discussion of relevant aspects, readings and synthesis will be discussed in individual tuthory sessions, with personalized attention.
- With the aim of verify the degree of understanding an the progrress of the students with the contents, personalized attention will be paid also to the readings used for producing commented work, abstracts or thematic/author reviews.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Document analysis A26 0
Directed discussion B2 0
Workbook C6 READINGS.- Comprehension and competence of the student in adquiring knowledge will be evaluated, as well as his/her ability to make synthesis and commented abstracts of the recommended readings.
30
Guest lecture / keynote speech A2 MASTER SESSION.- Attendance and participation of students in the master sessions will be evaluated, as well as their participation in coloquiums and discussions with adequate questions within the subject of the session. 10
Oral presentation C6 0
Supervised projects B1 - Los trabajos se realizarán sobre las temáticas propuestas en clase. Podrán ser individual o en grupo 60
 
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Sources of information
Basic McCroskey, J.C.; Larson, C.e. & Knapp, M.L. (1971). An introduction to interpersonal communication. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall
Burgoon, M. (1994). Human communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Hewstone, M. & Stroebe, W. (2001). Introduction to Social Psychology: An European Perspective. Oxford: Blackwell.
Knapp, M.L. (1972). Non verbal communication in human interaction. New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston
Watzlawick, P.; Bavelas, JB & Jackson, D. (1967). Pragmatic of Human Communication. A study of interactional patterns, pathologies and paradoxes.. New York: Norton.
Argyle, M. (1992). The social psychology of Everyday Life. London: Routledge
Littlejohn, S.W. & Foss, K.A. (2011). Theories of Human Communication.. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press Inc.

Complementary Hall, JA (1978). Gender effects in decoding non verbal cues. Psychological Bulletin 85: 845-857
Hartley, P. (1993). Interpersonal communication. London: Routledge
Knapp, ML & Daly, JA (2010). Interpersonal communication. 4 vols.. London: Sage
Hewes, DE (1985). The cognitive bases of interpersonal communication. Hillsdale, NJ: lawrence Erlbaum
Bull, P. & Roger, D. (1989). The social psychological approach to interpersonal communication. En: D. Roger y P. Bull (Eds.): Conversation: an interdisciplinary perspective.. Clevedon, UK. Multilingual Matters


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

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