Universität Wien

200126 SE Advanced Seminar: Development and Education (2019W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Vertiefungsseminare können nur fürs Pflichtmodul B verwendet werden! Eine Verwendung fürs Modul A4 Freie Fächer ist nicht möglich.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 11.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal F Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
  • Friday 29.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal F Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
  • Saturday 30.11. 09:45 - 16:30 Hörsaal F Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
  • Friday 10.01. 15:00 - 18:15 Hörsaal F Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
  • Saturday 11.01. 09:45 - 16:30 Hörsaal F Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Goals:
1. Attaining knowledge and understanding of the mechanisms and functions of interpersonal coordination.
2. Gaining insights into empirical research on interactional dynamics within and across different age groups.
3. To improve the techniques of oral and written presentations as well as to reflect and develop a critical view on study reports.

Content:
The seminar focuses on the mechanisms and functions of interpersonal coordination on the behavioral, neural and physiological level. This includes, e.g. the effects of behavioral synchrony on prosocial behavior, the role of physiological synchrony for caregiver-infant attachment as well as achieving interpersonal coordination in and through music.

Methods:
Oral presentations, discussions, group work (e.g., creation of posters in small groups).

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral presentation (in groups) and written assignment (individual)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presence in the seminar sessions is mandatory (absence in one sub-session of 90min is tolerated).

The grade will be determined based on the written assignment (submitted before deadline; 75%) and the oral presentation (25%), but each part individually has at least to be passed for the seminar to be completed successfully.

Examination topics

All seminar contents, including literature and material provided on moodle.

Reading list

Basic:
Feldman, R. (2017). The Neurobiology of Human Attachments. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(2), 80-99. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2016.11.007

Hasson, U., Ghazanfar, A. A., Galantucci, B., Garrod, S., & Keysers, C. (2012). Brain-to-brain coupling: a mechanism for creating and sharing a social world. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16(2), 114-121.

Trainor, L. J., & Cirelli, L. (2015). Rhythm and interpersonal synchrony in early social development. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1337, 45-52. doi:10.1111/nyas.12649

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:21