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Psychological Anthropology - ANTH207

This unit introduces psychological anthropology, including emotional, cognitive, developmental, and perceptual dynamics across cultures. Psychological anthropology studies the relation between individual psychology and sociocultural diversity, for example, between psychopathology and social structure, between personality differences and childrearing practices, or between perceptual experience and a society's ideologies about the senses. We will explore a wide range of perspectives, from evolutionary psychology to neuroanthropology, and address such topics as consciousness including spirit possession, and cultural variation in insanity and impairment.

Credit Points: 3
When Offered:

S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day

Staff Contact(s): Dr Greg Downey
Prerequisites:

ANTH150 or ANTH151 or 12cp or admission to GDipArts Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s):
Unit Designation(s):

Social Science

Science

Unit Type:
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Anthropology

Faculty of Arts

Timetable Information

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