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Università degli Studi di Parma
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PSYCHOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION
cod. 18376

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Sociologia dei processi culturali e comunicativi (SPS/08)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Hub-specific activity
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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Learning objectives

<p>The course aims to provide students with the theoretical concepts and practical instruments in order to understand the most important communication methods and their meaning. <br />
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Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<p>The course will be conducted by analysing communication, starting with research data, discussing concepts and the main lines of interpretation with students, and by using the tool of role-play. <br />
The following topics will be explored: <br />
Personality and adaptation; <br />
Perception; <br />
Needs and motivation; <br />
The group; <br />
The voice and the body and how they communicate with others; <br />
Communicative competence: linguistic, paralinguistic, kinesics, proxemics, social-cultural; <br />
Social competence; <br />
Communication: the process and the variables, the ability to send and interpret messages, elements and functions, axioms; <br />
Metacommunication: nonverbal and paraverbal channels, proxemics, appearance, posture, expressions, gestures, look, body orientation, handshakes; <br />
Analysis of: protected zones and parts of the body which are more expressive, styles of behaviour, assertivity, personal rights charter, protection abilities, listening and supporting techniques. <br />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

<p><br />
Saginario M.G., L’universo della comunicazione, Edizioni Santa Croce, 2006 <br />
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Recommended reading: Dyer W., Prendi la vita nelle tue mani, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 2004 <br />
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Teaching methods

<p>Lectures, including discussion and classroom exercises with students, and the use of audiovisual support.</p>

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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