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PSY 444
Story in Psychology: Narrative Perspectives on
Human Behavior Instructor:
Vincent W. Hevern, SJ, Ph.D. MWF 12:00
- 12:50 PM GH 207 Fall 2024
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Date | Topics
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Assignments |
1 | Mo | Aug 26 |
Class 01 Personal introductions, overview of the course, Orientation & Introduction | |
We | Aug 28 |
Mass of the Holy
Spirit • No Class |
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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. • Becoming Actors & Agents |
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2 | Mo | Sep 02 |
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 04 |
Class 04
Complete previous class |
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Fr |
Sep 06 | Class 04 Stories in the Contemporary
World from a Psychological Perspective (pdf notes) |
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3 | Mo | Sep 09 |
Class 05 Humans:
Becoming an Actor (II) -> Seminar/Presentation Topic due |
McAdams, Chs. 3-4,
pp. 73-136 Handout from Instructor Videos for class Example of a Temper Tantrum Marshmallow Test Video Big Five Personality Traits |
We | Sep 11 |
Class 06 Complete
previous class & Preparing a Seminar Topic |
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Fr |
Sep 13 | Class 06 Humans: Becoming an Agent (I) "The 5-7 Shift" | McAdams, Ch. 5, pp. 139-169 Handout from Instructor Recess Therapy (YT) with Julian Shapiro-Barnum {W} • Guys being dudes • What does kindness mean to you? NYT: Max Alexander, 8 yo Instagram: Max Alexander, Fashion Designer |
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Foundations
of the Narrative Perspective in Psychology: 19th &
20th Centuries |
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4 | Mo | Sep 16 |
Class 07 The Rise of Modernity & Psychology: The US & World, 1800-2020+ | • Timeline Graphic • Questions about the Timeline |
We | Sep 18 |
Class 08 William James & Sigmund Freud | • Notes on James
and Freud (pdf. 10 pp.) |
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Fr | Sep 20 | Class 09 Complete previous classes | • Freud's
Archeological Model of Therapy (pdf) |
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5 | Mo | Sep 23 |
Class 10
Psychological Research: The Standard Model (Outline) |
• Psych in
America 1890-1970 (timeline) • Notes on Psych Research & the Standard Model |
We | Sep 25 |
Class 11 Dissenting
from the Standard Model of Psychology (Outline) |
• Extended Notes
on Challenging the Standard Model, 1920-1970 |
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Fr |
Sep 27 | Class 12 Complete previous class |
6 | Mo | Sep 30 |
Class 13 Bruner: From Cognitive Theory
to Narrative (Summary) |
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We | Oct 02 |
Class 14 Sarbin, Goffman, & the Emergence of Narrative Psychology (Summary) | Hevern: Roles | |
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Oct 04 | Class 15 Research on Presentation Topic | ||
Narrative
Inquiry: Methods of Research & Application |
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7 | Mo |
Oct 07 |
Class 16 Narrative Inquiry (Methods of Research) I • Capturing Our Conversations & Methods of Studying Narratives | Methods of
Research (pdf) • Josh's Diary • Josh Transcript |
We | Oct 09 |
Class 17 Narrative
Inquiry (Methods of Research) II • Analyzing Big
Stories • More on
Josh
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Fr | Oct 11 | Class 18 Consultation on Presentation Projects (RH 222) | ||
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Mo | Oct 14 |
FALL WELLNESS BREAK: NO CLASS | |
We | Oct 16 |
Class 17 Positioning/Small Stories • Humans: Becoming an Agent (II) | McAdams, Ch. 6 McAdams, Ch. 7 |
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Fr |
Oct 18 | Class 18 TBA | ||
Narrative
Identity: Autobiography & Memory |
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9 | Mo | Oct 21 |
Class 19
Autobiographical Memory
2-page Outline
of Presentation due
Mid-term "take home" distributed |
Autobiographical
Memory • Life Autobiography to Early Adulthood |
We | Oct 25 |
Class 20 Autobiographical Memory (2) |
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Fr |
Oct 25 | Class
21 TBA |
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10 | Mo | Oct 28 |
Class 22 Becoming an
Author: The Stories We Live By
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McAdams, Ch. 8,
pp. 239-270 |
We | Oct 30 |
Class 23 Student
Presentation: Giving Narrative Voice to Women:
Psychological Findings (PS) |
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Fr |
Nov 01 |
Class 24 Becoming an Author:
Generative Lives, Redemptive Life Stories |
McAdams, Ch. 9 pp. 271-301 | |
11 | Mo | Nov 04 |
Class 20 The Sense
of an Ending • Final Chapters in Human Lives • Mid-term take home due today. |
McAdams,
Ch. 10, pp. 302-320 • YouTube: Loneliness in Grandmother (Michael Benny) • YouTube: Husband taking care of wife with AD |
Student Presentations | ||||
We | Nov 06 |
Student Presentation: The Myths of Medea and/or Prometheus as Related to Human Psychology (CC) | ||
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Nov 08 | Student Presentation: Life after
Traumatic/Paralyzing Injury (AB) |
12 | Mo | Nov 11 |
Student Presentation: Neuropsychological Aspects of Narrative: Competence After Brain Injury (MAJ) | |
We | Nov 13 |
Student Presentation: Legal Uses of Narrative: Influences on Trial Strategies (AD) | ||
Nov 15 | Student Presentation: Down Syndrome
(JA) |
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13 | Mo |
Nov
18 |
Student
Presentation: Social Media and Adolescents (JP) • Write-up of Narrative Reflective
Exercise due today
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We | Nov 20 | Student
Presentation: Criminals After Incarceration (MM) |
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Fr |
Nov 22 | Student
Presentation: Autism (KL) |
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14 | Mo | Nov 25 |
Student Presentation |
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We |
Nov 27 | THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO CLASS |
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Fr |
Nov 29 | |||
15 | Mo |
Dec
02 |
Student
Presentation: Learning to Tell a Story: Narrative
Development in Infancy & Childhood (MS) |
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We | Dec
04 |
Student
Presentation: Life After Treatment for Young Adults with
Cancer (LH) |
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Dec 06 | Summing Up |
Semester Examinations Mon, Dec 09
Tue, Dec 10
Wed, Dec 11
Student Presentation Papers Due by 5:00 PM Thu, Dec 12
Fri, Dec 13