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ANTHR 439

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

Grade Rule

Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)

Min

3

Fixed

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.

Title

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.

Title

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.