Class web site: http://www.sonoma.edu/psychology/307

Psy 307
Humanistic, Existential & Transpersonal Psychology

Instructor: Art Warmoth
TAs: Jill Griggs, Pat Spiva, James Chan, Aileen McLeod

Monday-Wednesday 10-11:50
Stevenson 2001

CALENDAR #2: EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Monday, February 18 - Holiday

Wednesday, February 20

Meditation exercise
Discussion: The Cultural Background of Existential Psychology

Reading assignment due: Rollo May. The Discovery of Being. Part II, The Cultural Background.

Group written assignment due March 6: View the videoMy Dinner With André. Based on the video and your own existential perspective, what does it mean to be human in your own life today? Bring an outline for the group writing assignment on Monday, February 25.

Monday, February 25
Meditation exercise
Film: Rollo May

Individual Assignment due for Study Guide #1

Wednesday, February 27
Meditation exercise
Discussion: Kierkegaard

Reading assignment due (in Psy 307 Reader #1):
Ernest Becker. The Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard

Bring an outline for the group writing assignment

Monday, March 4
Meditation exercise
Discussion: Jean-Paul Sartre

Reading assignment due (in Psy 307 Reader #1):
Jean-Paul Sartre. Existentialism
Jean-Paul Sartre. The Wall (short story)

Wednesday, March 6
Meditation exercise
Slide-Sound Presentation: Existential Psychology
Discussion: Existential Psychotherapy/May

Reading assignment due:
Rollo May. The Discovery of Being. Ch. 9, The Three Modes of World, & Ch. 12, Concerning Therapeutic Technique

Group Assignment due for Study Guide #2: View the videoMy Dinner With André. Based on the video and your own existential perspective, what does it mean to be human in your own life today?

Monday, March 11
Meditation exercise
Discussion: Existential Psychotherapy/James F. T. Bugental. Myrtle Heery

Reading assignment due:
J. F. T. Bugental. Excerpt from The Search for Authenticity & Biographical Sketch (in Psy 307 Reader #1)

Individual Assignment due March 18:What is the existential psychological predicament of contemporary humanity in a globalizing world? Cite readings and contemporary events using APA reference style.