The Unconscious Mind Syllabus 2021 PDF

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Subject Outline PSYC30012: The Unconscious Mind 2021 Subject Coordinator Dr Benita Green

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Subject Lecturers Professor Yoshi Kashima Dr Simon Cropper Dr Hinze Hogendoorn Prof Kim Felmingham

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Head Tutor Mr Ji Song

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Course Description Ever since Freud, the unconscious mind has been a critical part of our understanding of human mind and behaviour. Despite its power to captivate popular imagination, scientific psychology’s treatment of unconsciousness has a history of vicissitudes. This subject has three main components: historical background, contemporary theory and research, and applications and implications in contemporary culture and society. First, the subject traces the historical origin and subsequent development of the idea of the unconscious mind in psychological theories and practice. In so doing, Freud’s and lesser known theorists’ notions of unconsciousness are examined and their contemporary implications are discussed. Second, the modern methods used in the contemporary examination of unconscious processes are introduced, and the current understanding of psychological unconsciousness is discussed in neuroscientific, perceptual, cognitive, social, and clinical perspectives. Third, we survey the uses of the scientific understanding of unconscious processes in a variety of applied contexts and explore implications of psychological knowledge about the unconscious mind in contemporary culture and society. This includes a critical examination of the evidence for the role of unconscious processes in abnormal human behaviour and discussions about implications of the unconscious mind for identity and responsibility.

Assessment 1) A set of short answer responses (500 words; worth 10% of overall mark) due 8:00am, Friday 26 March. The short answer questions will be provided after each lecture and this assignment covers SAQs 1 to 3. 2) An essay (2000 words; worth 45%) due 8:00am, Monday 17 May. Essay topics will be provided shortly after the start of semester. 3) An end of semester exam (2 hours; worth 45%). The exam will consist of short answer questions. Completion of all assessments and attendance at 80% of all lab classes are hurdle requirements

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Lecture Schedule Lectures are on Tuesdays 10.00am-12.00pm. They will be delivered synchronously via Zoom. Zoom link: https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/88047934080?pwd=N2lBSkJleFZINlRJSUhGZGgyNTQxQT09 Passcode: UMIND Note: lectures will be recorded and uploaded to Canvas. We are recording lectures so that students have the option to listen in their own time if they are unable to attend at the scheduled time, and so that students can review the lectures. The lecture recordings will be available on Canvas as soon as possible after the lecture has been delivered. The recordings will remain available to students enrolled in PSYC30012 until the end of semester. If you choose to turn on your video or audio functions, your image and/or audio will be recorded. If you prefer not to be recorded, please do NOT turn on your video or audio functions. Week starts

Lecture

Lecturer

1

1/3

Introduction to the Unconscious Mind

Yoshi

2

8/3

Historical Perspectives on Theories & Measurement of the Unconscious

Yoshi

3

15/3

Societal Implications of the Unconscious

Yoshi

4

22/3

Dreams, Hallucination & Reality 1

Simon

5

29/3

Dreams, Hallucination & Reality 2

Simon

Lab

Lab Class Topic & Responsible Academic

Lab 1

Measurement of the unconscious (Yoshi)

Lab 2

Theories of perception & reality (Simon)

Mid Semester Break (Friday 2/4 – Sunday 11/4) 6

12/4

Dreams, Hallucination & Reality 3

Simon

7

19/4

The Conscious and the Unconscious Mind

Hinze

8

26/4

Neuroscience of Intentionality

Hinze

9

3/5

Unconscious Cues and Decision Making

Hinze

10

10/5

The Unconscious in Psychoanalytic Therapies

Kim

11

17/5

The Unconscious in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Kim

12

24/5

The Body Keeps the Score: the Unconscious in PTSD, Dissociation & Somatoform Disorders

Kim

2

Lab 3 Essay writing and essay Q&A (Benita)

Lab 4

Theories of consciousness (Hinze)

Lab 5

Clinical psychology perspectives (Kim)

Lab Classes Lab classes will be held either by Zoom or on campus in Redmond Barry Building room 1123 depending on your enrolment. If you are enrolled for online lab classes, your tutor will send you the Zoom link. Lab classes will NOT be recorded. Labs run for 1.5 hours. There will be a pre-lab video posted to Canvas before each lab. Please watch the video as part of your lab class preparation. Every lab will include discussion of the relevant SAQs. You should prepare for labs by considering the relevant SAQs ahead of time, ready to discuss in class. This will allow you to engage fully in the lab and will also serve as optimal preparation for the end of semester exam. Lab Class Content Week Required readings Bosson et al. Lab 1 (2000) Week 3

Lab Content & Responsible Academic  

SAQs 1, 2 and 3 Measures of unconscious processes (Yoshi)

Lab 2 Week 5

To be advised

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SAQ 4 and 5 Theories of Perception & Reality (Simon)

Lab 3 Week 7

None

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SAQ 6 and 7 Workshop on essay writing components Q&A about the essay assignment (Benita & Ji)

Lab 5 Week 9

To be advised

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SAQ 8 and 9 Theories of consciousness (Hinze)

Lab 5 Week 11

To be advised

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SAQ 10 and 11 Exam information Clinical psychology perspectives on working with the unconscious (Kim)

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Reading List For most weeks of the course, there is a required reading that pairs with the lecture. These readings may also be discussed in the lab classes. Completing the required readings will enhance your understanding of the lecture content and may help you to answer the SAQs effectively. Each lecturer may also provide additional optional readings or other materials to enhance your understanding of the content and to challenge your thinking about it. These additional readings/materials are not assessable and are provided for your interest.

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Unconscious Mind (Yoshi) None. Lecture 2: Historical Perspectives on Theories & Measurement of the Unconscious (Yoshi) Bosson, J. K., Swann, W. B., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2000). Stalking the perfect measure of implicit selfesteem: The blind men and the elephant revisited? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 631-643. Lecture 3: Societal Implications of the Unconscious Mind (Yoshi) Lacey, N. (2001). In search of the responsible subject: History, philosophy and social sciences in criminal law theory. The Modern Law Review, 64, 350-371. Lecture 4: Dreams, Hallucination & Reality: 1 (Simon) No set readings. Simon will provide optional readings and materials in due course. Lecture 5: Dreams, Hallucination & Reality: 2 (Simon) No set readings. Simon will provide optional readings and materials in due course. Lecture 6: Dreams, Hallucination & Reality: 3 (Simon) No set readings. Simon will provide optional readings and materials in due course. Lecture 7: The Conscious and the Unconscious Mind (Hinze) Cohen, M. A., Cavanagh, P., Chun, M. M., & Nakayama, K. (2012). The attentional requirements of consciousness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16(8), 411–417. Koch, C., & Tsuchiya, N. (2007). Attention and consciousness: Two distinct brain processes. Trends in Cognitive Science, 11, 16-22. Lecture 8: The Neuroscience of Intentionality (Hinze) Bode, S., Murawski, C., Soon, C. S., Bode, P., Stahl, J., & Smith, P. L. (2014). Demystifying "free will": The role of contextual information and evidence accumulation for predictive brain activity. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 47, 636-645. Wegner, D.M. (2003). The mind’s best trick: how we experience conscious will. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7, 65-69.

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Lecture 9: Unconscious Cues and Decision-Making (Hinze) Custers, R., & Aarts, H. (2010). The unconscious will: How the pursuit of goals operates outside of conscious awareness. Science, 329, 47-50. Lecture 10: The Unconscious in Psychoanalytic Therapies (Kim) Ryle, A., & Fawkes, J. (2007). Multiplicity of selves and others: Cognitive Analytic Therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63, 165-174. Lecture 11: The Unconscious in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Kim) David, D., & Szentagotai, A. (2006). Cognitions in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies; towards and integrative model. Clinical Psychology Review, 26, 284-298 Lecture 12: The Body Keeps the Score: the Unconscious in PTSD, Dissociation, and Somatoform Disorders (Kim) Required 1. Blog with good summary of “The Body Keeps Score” https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/06/20/thebody-keeps-the-score-van-der-kolk/ 2. Kapfhammer H. Acute and long-term mental and physical sequelae in the aftermath of Traumatic Exposure – some remarks on “The Body Keeps Score”. Psychiatrica Danubina. 2018; 30(3):m254-272. 3. McNally RJ. Debunking myths about trauma and memory. Can J Psychiatry. 2005; 50 (13): 817-822.

Optional recommended readings 1. Van Der Kolk, BA. The Body Keeps Score. 2015.Penguin: UK. 2. Maddox, SA., Hartmann J, Ross RA, Ressler KJ. Deconstructing the gestalt: Mechanisms of fear, threat and trauma memory encoding. Neuron. 2019;102(1): 60-74.

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