ANTHR 439
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Psychological Anthropology
Anthropology
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Course Description
Culture/mind relationship. Cross-cultural variation in concepts of person, emotions, and treatment modalities by society. Psychological implications of cultural differences in childrearing.
When Taught
Contact Department
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3
Fixed/Max
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Title
Psychocultural Analysis
Learning Outcome
3. Students will learn to analyze cultural and psychological data from a person-centered ethnographic standpoint by engaging with readings and conducting a course project analyzing some psychocultural phenomenon and writing up the results.
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Critical Reasoning
Learning Outcome
2. Students will learn to critique the philosophical and theoretical assumptions inherent in various approaches to understanding human experience and intersubjectivity.
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Theoretical Understanding
Learning Outcome
1. Through this course students will develop a critique of both the overemphasis on macro-level 'structure' and 'culture' in mainstream anthropology, as well as the overly individualistic emphasis in psychology on micro-processes and the 'psyches' of individuals. Students will gain an appreciation for the extent to which 'mind' and 'culture' co-constitute one another in various dimensions of human experience.
