Goucher College 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Apr 27, 2024  
Goucher College 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PSY 419 - Seminar in Cultural Psychology (4 Cr.)

(Formerly PSY 379)
Cultural psychology is a subfield within the areas of social psychology and cultural anthropology.  It involves the study of the interconnections between and among intergenerationally transmitted behaviors, meanings, and symbols, and psychological processes such as cognition, affect, personality structure, and behavior.  This particular seminar will: (1) consider anti-Black racism in its global context; (2) include anti-discrimination interpersonal response training; and (3) examine the culture and psychology of white racism from multiple perspectives including psychodynamic, clinical, behavioral, social psychological, and developmental psychological perspectives. May be repeated for credit with different topic. Prerequisites: PSY 219  or PSY 226  (course now inactive) or PSY 230 ; and PSY 302  (formerly PSY 252) or PSY 305  (formerly PSY 255); or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Grayman-Simpson.