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November 22, 2024

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
Schedule of Classes & Assignments

Note: "McAdams" under assignments refers to our 2015 text and the pages you need to have read.
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Week
Day
 Date Topics
 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
  

Fr
 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
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


Fr
 Sep 06 Class 04 Stories in the Contemporary World from a Psychological Perspective (pdf notes)
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




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
Foundations of the Narrative Perspective in Psychology: 19th & 20th Centuries
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.)

Fr Sep 20 Class 09 Complete previous classes • Freud's Archeological Model of Therapy (pdf)
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

Fr
 Sep 27 Class 12  Complete previous class

6 Mo Sep 30
 		Class 13 Bruner: From Cognitive Theory to Narrative (Summary)
  We Oct 02
 		Class 14 Sarbin, Goffman, & the Emergence of Narrative Psychology  (Summary) Hevern: Roles

Fr
 Oct 04 Class 15 Research on Presentation Topic
Narrative Inquiry: Methods of Research & Application
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

Fr Oct 11 Class 18 Consultation on Presentation Projects (RH 222)
8
 		Mo Oct 14
 		FALL WELLNESS BREAK: NO CLASS

We Oct 16
 		Class 17  Positioning/Small Stories •  Humans: Becoming an Agent (II)
 		McAdams, Ch. 6

Fr
 Oct 18 Class 18 Continuation of previous class
 McAdams, Ch. 7
Narrative Identity: Autobiography & Memory
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) The Life Story Interview Life Story Interview II - Outline
The Life Story Interview (Instructions)
• Both by Dan McAdams

Fr
 Oct 25 Class 21 TBA
10 Mo Oct 28
 		Class 22 Becoming an Author: The Stories We Live By
 		McAdams, Ch. 8, pp. 239-270
(Outline)
  We Oct 30
 		Class 23 Student Presentation: Giving Narrative Voice to Women: Psychological Findings (PS)

Fr
 Nov 01
 Class 24 Becoming an Author: Generative Lives, Redemptive Life Stories
 		McAdams, Ch. 9 pp. 271-301
(Outline)
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
(Outline)

• YouTube: Loneliness in Grandmother (Michael Benny)
• YouTube: Husband taking care of wife with AD
Student Presentations

We Nov 06
 		TBA

Fr
 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)
13 Mo
 		Nov 18
Student Presentation: Social Media and Adolescents (JP

We Nov 20 Student Presentation: Criminals After Incarceration (MM)

Fr
 Nov 22 Student Presentation: Autism (KL)
14 Mo Nov 25
 		Student Presentation: DisneyLand, Disney World, are we living in a Disney Utopia? (CC)

• Write-up of Narrative Reflective Exercise due today

We
 Nov 27 THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO CLASS

Fr
 Nov 29
15 Mo
 		Dec 02
 		Student Presentation: Learning to Tell a Story: Narrative Development in Infancy & Childhood (MS)

We Dec 04
 		Student Presentation: Life After Treatment for Young Adults with Cancer (LH)

Fr
 Dec 06 Student Presentation: Developmental Disabilities (SM)
 Semester Examinations
Mon, Dec 09
Tue, Dec 10
Wed, Dec 11
 Student Presentation Papers Due by 5:00 PM • Guidelines for Paper
Thu, Dec 12
Fri, Dec 13