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PSYCHOLOGY OF ART & CULTURE - PSY280 Spring 2024
Course
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Joseph Dodds
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Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. Intro to psychology of art and culture
Feb 5, AAU
What is art? What is culture? What is society? How can psychology help? |
2. Freud 1. Basic Principles - Art, Dreams, Surrealism
Feb 12, AAU
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3. Freud 2. Basic Principles. Psychosexuality, psychological structure, and psychoanalytic aesthetics.
Feb 16, AAU
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4. Freud 3 - Society, defence mechanisms and conflict.
Feb 19, AAU
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5. Neuroscience 1. Introduction to the brain.
Feb 26, AAU
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6. Neuroscience 2. Perception and Emotion
Mar 4, AAU
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7. Neuroscience 3. Art therapy 1. Consciousness, self, dreams. Projective tests and basic principles
Mar 11, AAU
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8. Midterm Exam! Plus Introduction to psychobiography and political profiling in art and politics.
Apr 8, AAU
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9. Jung 1. Plus Research proposal for final paper due.
Apr 15, AAU
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10. Jung 2. Art therapy 2.
Apr 22, AAU
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11. Psychological film analysis: basic principles and applications. Presentations 2
Apr 29, AAU
I will be away on this day we will arrange a make up class (probably to a gallery, film or theatre event) instead. We will cover this material on the class before and after. |
12. Psychosocial approaches to contemporary society and culture 1. Presentations 2.
May 6, AAU
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13. Student Presentations 3. Psychosocial approaches to contemporary society and culture 2.
May 13, AAU
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14. Final exam (30%), conclusion to Psychology of Art and Culture.
May 20, AAU
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15. Final Paper (30%)
May 23
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