Psychology of intercultural communication

Course: Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Psychology of intercultural communication
Code
ДВС.3.05.04
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO3. Search for information from various sources, including using information and communication technologies, to solve professional tasks. PLO4. Justify your own position, draw independent conclusions based on the results of your own research and analysis of literary sources. PLO5. Choose and apply valid and reliable psychodiagnostic tools (tests, questionnaires, projective methods, etc.) of psychological research and technologies of psychological assistance. PLO10. Formulate an opinion logically, accessible, discuss, defend one's position, modify statements in accordance with the cultural characteristics of the interlocutor. PLO13. Interact, enter into communication, be understandable, tolerant towards persons with other cultural or gender-age differences.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The student should know: psychological regularities of formation and development and self-development of personality, ethnopsychology, basics of social psychology, psychology of conflict; psychological features of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in the format of group work. The student must be able to: analyze scientific literature, independently create essays and video presentations.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to provide theoretical training and to form basic skills for the implementation of psychological support of the process of intercultural communication. The discipline is aimed at mastering the knowledge and skills of methodological, theoretical and applied problems of intercultural communication: normative child development in different countries, ethno-specific approaches to education and upbringing, problems of inter-ethnic interaction in the family, processes of tolerance and political correctness, problems of migrants and the process of socio-psychological adaptation . Much attention is paid to communication styles in different cultures, mediation, the latest communication technologies, techniques for solving intercultural conflicts in the form of business role-playing games, training exercises, cultural assimilators, creative written works and multimedia presentations.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Psihologіya mіzhkul'turnoї komunіkacії: navch. posіb. / Mіlyutіna K. L., Maksimov M. V. ; Kiїv. nac. un-t іm. Tarasa SHevchenka. - Kiїv : Vіpol, 2014. Annetta L. A. Video Games in Education: Why They Should Be Used and How They Are Being Used // Theory Into Practice. 2008. Vol. 47. № 3. P. 229–239. Bennet M. Basic concepts of intercultural communication. Selected readings. Yarmouth, 1998 Hall E. The Silent Language. New York, London, 1990 Harel K.M., Shinovu. K. Culture and the Self implication for Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation // Psychological review, 1991. №2. Vol. 98. Ronimus M., Lyytinen H. Is School a Better Environment than Home for Digital Game-Based Learning? : The Case of GraphoGame // Human Technology. 2015. Vol. 11. № 2. P. 123–147.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar class, practical class, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment is carried out throughout the semester of all types of work. 1. Oral answers (speech at the seminar, participation in discussions and debates, additions - 24/14 points 2. Analytical report: – 24/14 points 3. Creative independent work: – 32/20 points 4. Final test work - 20/12 points The maximum number of points for work during the semester is 60.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Kateryna Leonidivna Milyutina
Department of Developmental Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Developmental Psychology
Faculty of Psychology