PSY399

1. PSY399 encounters the Z-tag Z

2. What is this course? • A study-abroad experience that explores some of the most prominent European figures in the history of contemporary psychology. • An encounter with local students, professional and academic psychologists.

3. Knowledge objectives • Discuss major historical and philosophical movements in Europe. • Explain the theories and underlying assumptions of major European pioneers of psychology • Discuss ways in which these major theorists’ ideas influenced the development of psychology in the U.S. • Explain the importance of the cultural setting in which the theorists developed their ways of thinking. Z

4. How so? Z knowledge • The "then" culture and the "now" culture • The "there" culture and the "here' culture • The readings and museum visits • The current "there" academic and professional community • Compare, contrast, interact, ask why

5. Skill objectives (1) • Exercise of personal responsibility, including teamwork task-sharing, cooperation, and mutual regard within a Christian framework. • Competence in diverse cultural settings, involving travel, eating, dealing with foreign currency, and interacting with local students, professors, and members of the community. Z

6. How so? Z skill objectives(1) • We will have some specific training in the pre-travel orientation concerning situations they may encounter, questions they may have, how to behave as the "outsider" etc. • We will have more specific processing of possible issues, feelings and insights in the various locations. • This will also be part of the de-briefing exercise, and the construction of their portfolio.

7. Skill objectives (2) • Awareness of self as a cultural being, especially awareness of the biases inherent in one’s cultural and social background. • Critical and thoughtful reflection about ideas and experiences, as evidenced in both oral and writing assignments. Z

8. How so? Z skills objectives (2) The awareness of self as a cultural being, and of one's cultural biases is related to: • The lived experience of the course • The substance of what we are teaching concerning the development of thought and theory under different cultural conditions

9. And finally…Z skill objectives (3) Synthesis and evaluation of experiences, including the ability tobring together the various components of the study-abroad experience and integrate these with their previous framework. Z

10. How so? Z-skill objectives (3) • Reflective writing throughout • Composition of portfolio • Debriefing/exchange/presentation meeting • Informal contact afterwards for interested students

11. Particular sites and highlights • Passau • Vienna • Zurich • Paris • Nancy • London

12. Passau • The Alstadt Hotel • The Institute for the History of Psychology

13. Vienna About being a Jewish psychologist • The Freud House • Modern Jewish Museum • Old Jewish museum • Synagogue tour • Viktor Frankl sites

14. Vienna (2) About being a Viennese psychologist in the mid-1900's • Adler sites • The Landtmann Café • The Central Cafe

15. Vienna (3) About being a contemporary Viennese psychologist • Dr. Datler • Prof. Batthyany • students

16. In the other locations We have similar sequences of experiences that put students in touch with both the past and the present, and with particular themes. For more information, see our syllabus here attached

17. May this course invite our students to enter new spaces.

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