PSY 444 Story in Psychology Schedule (Fall, 2024)

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September 26, 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) Social Media Platforms: Users
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 TBA
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 • Josh's Diary
	We	Oct 09	Class 17 Narrative Inquiry (Methods of Research) II • Analyzing Big Stories
	Fr	Oct 11	Class 18 TBA
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 McAdams, Ch. 7
	Fr	Oct 18	Class 18 TBA
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)
	Fr	Oct 25	Class 21 TBA
10	Mo	Oct 28	Class 22 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	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
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)
	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) • Write-up of Narrative Reflective Exercise due today
	We	Nov 20	Student Presentation: Criminals After Incarceration (MM)
	Fr	Nov 22	Student Presentation: Autism (KL)
14	Mo	Nov 25	Student Presentation
	We	Nov 27	THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO CLASS
	Fr	Nov 29	THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO CLASS
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	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

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