Pathfinder: Psychology of Communication

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications

Scope: Communication in terms of the field of psychology may be defined as information that is received and transmitted through both verbal and nonverbal behavior. Factors such as body language, intonation, stress, and loudness are considered when interpreting forms of communication. (Colman, Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology)
The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all the resources available in the library, but as a selective sampling of the many types of materials available on this topic.

Books dealing with the psychology of communication are listed in the Baddour Library’s online catalog under the following subject headings:

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Interpersonal communication

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF BF 149.C36 1998 A Century of Psychology as Science
REF BF31.C66 1994 Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology
REF BF 149.C36 1998 Encyclopedia of Human Emotions
REF BF 31.E52 2000 Encyclopedia of Psychology

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Barber, Alex. Epistemology of Language. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Borisoff, Deborah. The Power to Communicate: Gender Differences as Barriers. Prospect Heights, Ill: Waveland Press, 1998.

Greenspan, Stanley I. The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from our Early Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans. Cambridge, MA:
Da Capo Press, 2004.

Griffin, Jack. How to Say It at Work: Putting Yourself Across with Power Words, Phrases, Body Language, and Communication Secrets. Paramus, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998.

Tannen, Deborah. Talking from 9 to 5: How Women’s and Men’s Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, and What Gets Done at Work. New York: W. Morrow, 1994.

Tannen, Deborah. Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men in the Workplace: Language Sex and Power. New York: Avon, 1995.

Tannen, Deborah. You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. New York: Morrow, 1990.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Consulting Psychology Journal
Journal of Counseling Psychology
Journal of Counseling Psychology
 

Updated 02/08/2007