Apr 28, 2024  
Academic Catalog 2022-2023 
    
Academic Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PSY-753 Narrative Psychology

4 semester credits
This course examines the psychology of story and narrative through a variety of psychological lenses including social, cognitive, neuro-,health, media and developmental psychological approaches. We examine how humans are drawn to and think in narrative and story forms. Readings include original research articles and book chapters offering a variety of insights and perspectives on the psychology of our engagement with stories, characters, story worlds and story structures. 
Pre-requisites: A background or academic coursework in social psychology is strongly recommended.
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):
  1. Demonstrate, through writing, posts and the author’s journal, the state of the scientific literature in media psychology on narrative.
  2. Demonstrate, through scholarly writing, posts and author’s notebook entries the theory upon which the scholarly literature on narrative rests.
  3. Demonstrate, through scholarly writing, posts and author’s notebook entries the methods commonly applied to media and narrative psychology.
  4. Develop a facility for identifying parts of APA style publications that are important such that this forms the basis of the writing process and develops understanding of the subject matter.



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