| Welcome to CULTURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL! This course is an interdisciplinary investigation of how people grow up to become both members of a society and distinct individuals. We will be using the methodology and theoretical orientations of anthropology and psychology to study the growth and development of individuals in the context of varying cultural environments. The study of individuals in cultural context is particularly relevant to an understanding of the diversity in which we live, locally, nationally and internationally, and we will attempt to apply the course content to real life situations and problems as we go. This class will include lecture, discussion, class exercises and games, group work and media presentations. |
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| REQUIRED BOOKS FOR FALL 2006 |
| Week 1: Sept 4 & 6 Introductions Core Definitions & Perspectives |
| Week 3: Sept 18 & 20 Problems of Method and Theory Evolutionary Psychology Journal Article Review 1 Due |
| Week 2: Sept 11&13 Core Definitions & Perspectives Concepts of Self & Person |
| Week 4: Sept. 25 & 27 The Early Years: Anthropology Hunter-Jenkins 1,2 & 5 |
| Week 5: Oct 2 & 4 Exam 1 Child Development & Learning |
| Week 7: Oct 16 & 18 Cultural Hegemony Journal Article 2 Due |
| Week 6: Oct 9 & 11 Child Development & Learning Social Behavior Term Paper Proposal Due |
| Week 8: Oct 23 & 25 Cognition: What is it? Intelligence Genetic Epistemology |
| Week 9: Oct 30 & Nov 1 Cognition: The Anthropological Approach |
| Week 10: Nov 6 & 8 Exam 2 Perception |
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| 1. Berry, John, Ype Poortinga, Marshall Segall & Pierre Dasen (2006) Cross Cultural Psychology: Research and Applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2. D'Andrade, Roy (2005) The Development of Cognitive Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 3. Hunter-Jenkins, Janice & Robert Barrett (2004) Schizophrenia, Culture and Subjectivity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.. |
| Anthropology 331 CULTURE AND THE INDIVIDUAL Kimberly Porter Martin, Ph.D. |
| Week 11: Nov 13 & 15 Altered States of Consciousness Psychopathology |
| Week 14: December 4 & 6 Gender & Aggression |
| Week 15: Dec 10-14 Final Exams Term Paper Due |
| Course Expectations Attendance is imperative for adequate performance in this course. You will be asked to participate in class discussion and may be called on by name to answer questions. Students will be held responsible for ALL information and materials dispensed during class time. You are expected to have completed the assigned readings BEFORE each class meeting. You are expected to be prepared to discuss verbally or in writing the readings assigned for that class. Class time is valuable; you are expected to be attentive and to concentrate on the work at hand. The focus in this class will be on critical thinking. This means that in addition to memorizing and knowing information, you will be asked to actively define, categorize and sort facts, ideas, concepts and methods to demonstrate that you have integrated them fully into your knowledge base. The goal in this course is to know the material, not to place it into short-term memory for the purpose of passing tests. This course has been planned according to university policy. Undergraduate courses require the assignment of two hours work outside class for each hour spent in class. Because this is a four-unit class, the course requires 60 hours of in-class time. The homework assigned for this class is intended to fill a total of 120 hours outside of class over the fifteen week fall semester. You should, therefore, be prepared to spend approximately eight (8) hours outside of class reading, participating in assigned activities, writing assignments and doing library research during each of the fifteen weeks of the fall term. |
| Academic Honesty Students are expected to do their own work and to do original work for each class in which they are enrolled. It is unacceptable to copy work from other students. It is unacceptable to copy work directly from books, articles, or other sources including the Internet. It is unacceptable to use work done by another person. It is unacceptable to use the same work to satisfy requirements for two different classes, even if they are not in the same department. Any breach of the academic honesty code will result in an F grade for the course and referral to the Dean for disciplinary action. There will be no exceptions to this policy. All student work will be submitted to TurnItIn.com for plariarism screening. Academic dishonesty can be grounds for expulsion from the university. Please see the section on Academic Honesty in the Rights and Responsibilities chapter of the ULV catalog. |
| Click here for Syllabus Information on Grading and Assignments |
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| Week 13: Nov 27 & 29 Exam 3 Emotion & Motivation |