Cultural Psychology
PSYC 261
Fall 2020
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Through essays, novels, videos, and film, we will explore the intersection of culture, ideology, and psychology. We will examine how gender, ethnicity, and class are interwoven in the social fabric and individual identity. Employing feminist, psychoanalytic, and deconstructive interpretive methods, we will try to decipher the many ways we inscribe ourselves in culture. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PSYC |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (PSYC)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Heine, S. J. (2019). CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY (Fourth Edition). W. W. Norton. New York: NY.
Excerpts from:
CULTURAL EVOLUTION: HOW DARWINIAN THEORY CAN EXPLAIN HUMAN CULTURE AND SYNTHESIZE THE SOCIAL SCIENCES;
ULTRASOCIETY: HOW 10,000 YEARS OF WAR MADE HUMANS THE GREATEST COOPERATORS ON EARTH;
THE SECRET OF OUR SUCCESS: HOW CULTURE IS DRIVING HUMAN EVOLUTION, DOMESTICATING OUR SPECIES, AND MAKING US SMARTER;
THE RIGHTEOUS MIND: WHY GOOD PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED BY POLITICS AND RELIGION;
MACRO CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY: A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF MIND.
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Examinations and Assignments:
3 quizzes, 3 exams, and two short research papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This is a column 3 Breadth Requirement course in psychology.
Culture profoundly shapes our thoughts, feelings, values, behaviors, perceptions, and above all how we relate to others and larger groups, yet we only typically become aware of culture when interacting with people of different cultural origins from our own. This course first seeks to explore how humans became a uniquely cultural species, examining the pivotal role of culture in human evolution. Secondly, this course will examine some of the primary ways that human cultures have become differentiated, and explore the implications of these cultural differences for the conduct of everyday life. Finally, this course will consider the manifold relations between culture and power, examining how power is differentially distributed both between cultures and within cultures through different cultural groups. |
| Instructor(s): Bell,Chris Times: .M.W.F. 09:50AM-10:40AM; Location: CHPL; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 16 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 10 | FR: 4 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 5 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 5 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 1 |
Examinations and Assignments:
3 quizzes, 3 exams, and two short research papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This is a column 3 breadth requirement course in Psychology.
Culture profoundly shapes our thoughts, feelings, values, behaviors, perceptions, and above all how we relate to others and larger groups, yet we only typically become aware of culture when interacting with people of different cultural origins from our own. This course first seeks to explore how humans became a uniquely cultural species, examining the pivotal role of culture in human evolution. Secondly, this course will examine some of the primary ways that human cultures have become differentiated, and explore the implications of these cultural differences for the conduct of everyday life. Finally, this course will consider the manifold relations between culture and power, examining how power is differentially distributed both between cultures and within cultures through different cultural groups. |
| Instructor(s): Bell,Chris Times: .M.W.F. 08:20AM-09:10AM; Location: CROWELL; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 16 | | |
| Seats Available: 32 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: 10 | FR: 4 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
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