307 Calendar #3

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 #3: HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

Wednesday, March 13

Meditation Exercise
Slide-Sound: Humanistic Psychology
Lecture/Discussion: The Third Force Then & Now

Reading assignment due in Psychology 307 Reader #1:

A. Warmoth. Primer of Humanistic & Transpersonal Psychology. Monday, March 18

Meditation Exercise
Film: On Being Abraham Maslow
Discussion: Abraham Maslow - Human Motivation, Self-Actualization & Peak Experiences

Reading assignment due (in Psychology 307 Reader #2):

>> Abraham H. Maslow. A Theory of Human Motivation. From Motivation and Personality. New York, Harper & Bros., 1954.

>> Abraham H. Maslow. Self-Actualization and Beyond. From J. F. T. Bugental, Ed. Challenges of Humanistic Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.

>> Abraham H. Maslow. Lessons from the Peak-Experiences. Reprinted from the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1962, v. 2(1), pp. 9-18.

Individual Assignment due for Study Guide #2 (Existentialism)

Wednesday, March 20

Meditation Exercise
Virgina Satir
Film: Fritz Perls, "Gloria," Part 3

Reading assignment due (in Psychology 307 Reader #2):

>> Virginia Satir. Patterns of Communication. From The New Peoplemaking. Palo Alto, CA: Science & Behavior Books, 1988.

Monday, March 25

Meditation Exercise
Film: Carl Rogers, "Gloria," Part 1
Discussion: Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Approach

Reading assignment due (in Psychology 307 Reader #2):

>> Carl Rogers. A Therapist's View of the Good Life. From On Becoming a Person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961.

>> Carl Rogers. My Philosophy of Interpersonal Relationships and How It Grew & The Foundations of a Person-Centered Approach. From A Way of Being. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980.

Wednesday, March 27

Meditation Exercise
Discussion with Eleanor Criswell: Women in Humanistic Psychology

Reading assignment due (in Psychology 307 Reader #2):

>> Ilene Serlin & Eleanor Criswell. Humanistic Psychology and Women. From Kirk Schneider, J. F. T. Bugental & Fraser Pierson, Eds. Handbook of Humanistic Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2001.

April 1-5: No Class - Spring Break

Monday, April 8

Meditation Exercise
Lecture: The Politics of Teaching -- Aileen McLeod
Discussion
Group Assignment due for Study Guide #3 due: View the film The Big Kahuna. Analyze the three main characters in the film. What does each character represent? What are the main themes? How do the fantasies they each have created for themselves shape the ways they are living, and not living, their lives? How would you interpret their lives in the terms of humanistic psychology?
Individual Assignment for Study Guide #3 due April 15: Compare Maslow's concept of "self-actualization," Rogers' "congruence," and Bugental's "authenticity." Are these essentially the same concept? What is the value of this (these) concept(s) in facilitating the personal growth and development of oneself and others?