PSY 444 Story in Psychology Schedule (Fall, 2023)

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Nov. 06, 2023

PSY 444 Story in Psychology: Narrative Perspectives on Human Behavior

Instructor: Vincent W. Hevern, SJ, Ph.D.

MW 2:30-3:45 PM GH 404

Fall 2023

Schedule of Classes & Assignments

Note: "McAdams" under assignments refers to our 2015 text and the pages you need to have read.
The symbol {W} refers to an article or reference in Wikipedia

Week	Day	Date	Topics	Assignments
1	Mo	Aug 28	Class 01 Personal introductions, overview of the course, Orientation & Introduction
	We	Aug 30	Class 02 Our Storied Nature as Humans & An Overview of McAdam's Model	McAdams, pp. 1-11
The Contemporary World & Narrative in Psychology
2	Mo	Sep 04	Class 03 Our Storied Nature as Humans (II) & Humans: Becoming an Actor (I)	McAdams, Chs. 1-2, pp. 15-72 Handout from Instructor
	We	Sep 06	Class 04 Stories in the Contemporary World from a Psychological Perspective; Preparing a Seminar Topic
3	Mo	Sep 11	Class 05 Humans: Becoming an Actor (II) -> Seminar/Presentation Topic due	McAdams, Chs. 3-4, pp. 73-136 Videos for class Example of a Temper Tantrum Marshmallow Test Video Big Five Personality Traits
	We	Sep 13	Class 06 Humans: Becoming an Agent (I) "The 5-7 Shift"	McAdams, Ch. 5, pp. 139-169 Recess Therapy (YT) with Julian Shapiro-Barnum {W} • Guys being dudes • What does kindness mean to you?
Foundations of the Narrative Perspective in Psychology: 19th & 20th Centuries
4	Mo	Sep 18	Class 07 The Rise of Modernity & Psychology: The US & World, 1800-2020+	• Graphic • Questions about the Timeline
	We	Sep 20	Class 08 William James & Sigmund Freud	• Notes on James and Freud (pdf. 10 pp.)
5	Mo	Sep 25	Class 09 Psychological Research: The Standard Model (Outline)	• Psych in America 1890-1970 (timeline) • Notes on Psych Research & the Standard Model
	We	Sep 27	Class 10 Dissenting from the Standard Model of Psychology (Outline)	• Extended Notes on Challenging the Standard Model, 1920-1970

6	Mo	Oct 02	Class 11 Bruner: From Cognitive Theory to Narrative (Summary)
	We	Oct 04	Class 12 Sarbin, Goffman, & the Emergence of Narrative Psychology (Summary)	Hevern: Roles
Narrative Inquiry: Methods of Research & Application
7	Mo	Oct 09	FALL BREAK: NO CLASS
	We	Oct 11	Class 13 canceled/instructor illness
8	Mo	Oct 16	Class 14 Narrative Inquiry (Methods of Research) I • Capturing Our Conversations & Methods of Studying Narratives	Methods of Research • Josh's Diary
	We	Oct 18	Class 15 Narrative Inquiry (Methods of Research) II • Analyzing Big Stories
Narrative Identity: Autobiography & Memory
9	Mo	Oct 23	Class 16 Positioning/Small Stories • Humans: Becoming an Agent (II) 2-page Outline of Presentation due Mid-term "take home" (version 1) distributed	McAdams, Ch. 6 McAdams, Ch. 7
	We	Oct 25	Class 17 Autobiographical Memory	Autobiographical Memory • Life Autobiography to Early Adulthood
10	Mo	Oct 30	Class 18 Becoming an Author: The Stories We Live By McAdams Lecture: The Self As Story (9/14/2017) @ Monmouth College (48:57; YouTube)	McAdams, Ch. 8, pp. 239-270
	We	Nov 01	Class 19 Becoming an Author: Generative Lives, Redemptive Life Stories	McAdams, Ch. 9 pp. 271-301
	Fr	Nov 03	• Mid-term "take home" (version 2) distributed by email today
11	Mo	Nov 06	Class 20 The Sense of an Ending • Final Chapters in Human Lives • Original (version 1) Mid-term take home due today. • If you choose to do version 2, that will be due Nov. 13	McAdams, Ch. 10, pp. 302-320 • YouTube: Loneliness in Grandmother (Michael Benny) • YouTube: Husband taking care of wife with AD
Student Presentations
	We	Nov 08	Class 21 AA Learning to Tell a Story in Infancy & Childhood • EM Drug Addiction

12	Mo	Nov 13	Class 22 SP Psychotherapy as Narrative Experience • HR Social Media & Children: Generational Diffs. • Mid-term "take home" (version 2) due today
	We	Nov 15	Class 23 VG Dungeons & Dragons Players • AM Criminal Confessions
13	Mo	Nov 20	Class 24 RD Body Image of Women • JM Gender's Influence on Personal Narratives • Write-up of Narrative Reflective Exercise due today
	We	Nov 22	THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO CLASS
14	Mo	Nov 27	Class 25 TBA
	We	Nov 29	Class 26 AE Childhood Obesity • CM Narratives of African Americans
15	Mo	Dec 04	Class 27 SB Narrative Competence in Learning Disabled Children • EJ Psychosis & Narrative
	We	Dec 06	Class 28 Summing Up

Semester Examinations

Mon, Dec 11

Tue, Dec 12

Wed, Dec 13
Student Presentation Papers Due by 5:00 PM

Thu, Dec 14

Fri, Dec 15

Semester Examinations
Mon, Dec 11
Tue, Dec 12
Wed, Dec 13	Student Presentation Papers Due by 5:00 PM
Thu, Dec 14
Fri, Dec 15