PSY 3010 - Psychology of the Self

Institution:

Manhattanville College

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Description:

As a complement to Psychology of Relationships, this seminar will deal with the growth of the Self and how it is conceived and constructed. This material will be examined from historical, developmental, therapeutic, and physiological perspectives and will bring in the subjective experience of the infant and of the person who is developing. Thus, it will contain an experiential appreciation of the self and its conceptualization. This will include information from Developmental Psychology, Social Analysis, and Neuroscience. Included in this course will be readings from Erich Fromm, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William James, Ronald. D. Laing, Ulric Neisser, and Daniel Stern. Secondary material will deal with the works of Mary Calkins, George Herbert Mead Erik Erikson, Carl Rogers, Antonio Damasio, Jaak Panksepp and Social Constructionism. Recommended: PSY 1004: Fundamentals of Psychology. ( Fall '07 & '08)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.manhattanville.edu

Phone Number:

(914) 694-2200

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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