SylabUZ
| Course name | Dilemmas of Identity |
| Course ID | 0313-WP-PSYCH-DoI |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Field of study | WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Psychology |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | Erasmus programme |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2022/2023 |
| Semester | 1 |
| ECTS credits to win | 5 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
|
| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The course is designed for students who want to become familiar with different approaches to identity (especially narrative identity), as well as identify their own identity pattern.
Basic knowledge of human development.
Variety of identity definitions: classical definitions, identity as a process.
Narrative identity: forming of narrative identity, general narrative tones , features of a good narrative.
Personal myths: identifying personal myth, cultural and social sources of personal myths.
Telling stories in psychotherapy and research.
Discussion, case studies, reading texts, films.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Participation in discussion, analysis of a case study discussed in class, short essay on identity.
1. Crossley M. (2000), Introducing narrative psychology, Open University Press.
2. McAdams D.(1997), The stories we live by, The Guilford Press.
3. McAdams D., Josselson R., Lieblich A. (2013), Turns in the road: narrative studies of lives in transition, APA.
1. Frank A.W. (1995), The wounded storyteller, The University of Chicago Press.
*The subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.
Modified by dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 25-04-2022 07:52)
