Identity Formation
Psy 333E (MWF 11-12)
SEA 3.250
Unique # 44080
Fall, 2009
Instructor: Dr. Ann Repp
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Office: Seay 5.200MA
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Office Hours: MWF 2-3
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Phone #'s: 471-3858
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Email: repp@mail.utexas.edu
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Course Overview
This course examines what is commonly seen as the major task of adolescence—identity formation. We will begin at this topic’s roots—philosophy and then Erikson’s view of identity. After this historical introduction to identity, we will look into the research-based work that spans the last 30 years. In particular, the developmental paths for “chosen” identity domains such as occupation, religion, and politics as well as “assigned” identity domains such as gender and ethnicity will be explored. We will also explore the approach to this topic that narrative psychology takes.
Course Requirements
The Psychology Department will drop all students who do not meet the following prerequisites:
(1) PSY 301 with a C or better
(2) Upper?Division standing (60 hours completed)
(3) PSY 418 (or an equivalent listed in the course schedule) with a C or better
Readings: The readings are posted in the “Course Documents” area of our class Blackboard. To access Blackboard, go to www.courses.utexas.edu, log on with your EID & password to see a list of your courses. Click on our course. You should see links in he left margin.
Evaluation of Student Performance:
There are two primary components to our evaluation of your progress in this course.
Component 1. How well are you keeping up with the reading? How critically are you reading this complicated material and how carefully are you processing our class discussions? The three measures of this component are:
Quizzes: Twelve 1-question quizzes will be given at the beginning of class each Wednesday. The purpose of the quiz is to encourage you to keep up with the reading and to encourage you to attend class and be a part of class discussion. Each quiz will be worth 2 points.
Journal Discussion: This course is structured like a graduate seminar As such, your out-of-class preparation will make or break the success of our discussion. You will be reading primary sources (rather than a textbook author’s description of these sources), and you will be expected to read the material in sufficient depth to be able to participate in class discussion. To motivate you to do so, you will post an entry (a comment or a question about the week’s reading) in the “Journals” area of Blackboard each Monday (by midnight) for the articles assigned for that week. To access the “Journals” area within Blackboard, click the “Communication” link. Then, click on the “Journals” link.
Ground Rules for Journal Discussion:
- Since one of the purposes of the journal is to encourage you to keep up with the reading, the questions/comments must clearly be related to the reading (Example of a poor question from a paper entitled, “Parental contributions to identity development”: ‘How do parents affect identity development anyway?’ You could have come up with this question simply by reading the title of a paper.) To ensure that we know where your question is coming from, include a page number from the reading. For example, ‘On page 294 Erikson talks about the importance of mutual recognition b/w mother and infant. Did Erikson ever talk about the father as a caregiver? How might daycare affect Erikson’s plan for the development of trust?’
- Personal reflections are fine as long as it’s clear that the reflections were stimulated by the reading. (“When I read the divorce experience of one of the women in Josselson’s chapter, it reminded me of my aunt….”)
- Clarification questions (“What in the world is Jerome Bruner talking about on page ….”) are OK, but questions/comments that are designed to stimulate discussion are preferred. (“How does what Jerome Bruner says about memory relate to what we know about self concepts?”)
- You need only post 1 question/comment on 1 of the assigned readings each week (even though more than one reading may be assigned for discussion). You will receive 1 point for your question/comment if it follows the above ground rules.
- On weeks when we have more than 1 reading assigned, you may decide to write questions/comments for more than one reading. For each question beyond the 1 described in #4 above, you earn an extra .5 point. This is an extra credit opportunity. You can earn no more than 4 extra question/comment points during the semester.
- There are 12 Mondays when a question or comment will be due. So, this part of your grade is worth 12 points (with the option to earn up to a total of sixteen points with extra questions/comments).
Discussion Board: To encourage you to interact w/your classmates about course material, we’ll post some discussion questions maybe yours, maybe ours--in weekly Discussion Boards accessible via our class Blackboard. The “Discussion Board” link is found in the left margin. A new board will be activated each Monday and closed the following Friday by 5pm. For the 12 weeks that the board is up and running, you are required to offer comments/responses to posted questions. Your 12 comments must be made on 12 different weeks—not 2 on week 1’s discussion board, and 3 on week 4’s board, etc. Each week’s comment earns you a point. Of course, you are encouraged to read this discussion board regularly and to make comments whenever you like. In addition to offering a chance to make observations, this discussion forum also ‘prods’ you to keep up w/course topics. This component contributes a maximum of 12 points to your total grade.
So, the combination of the 12 weekly discussion journals plus the 12 discussion board comments earn you 24 pts with the option to earn an extra 4 pts.
In-Class Activities (“Labs”): Twelve Mondays will be devoted to small group activities. These small groups give all a chance to collaborate with classmates and give a voice to those of you who feel uncomfortable talking in big groups. Each time you participate in one of these activities you earn 1 point.
Component 2. Can you apply what you are learning in the course? Six types of projects (each with its own folder in the “Assignments” area of our class Blackboard) will measure this component:
Short Writing Exercises: These 2 brief writing assignments will ask you to explore the issues that we read about and discuss in class. In order to receive a grade on these assignments, you must turn in a rough draft. Each of the 2 assignments will be worth 16 points.
Identity Status Interview (ISI): You will administer the Identity Status Interview to a willing acquaintance and then code it. Once coded, you will turn in a paper summarizing responses to the questions. This assignment is worth 20 points.
Personal Narrative (PN): Using McAdams’s procedure, you will collect an acquaintance’s life story, interpret it, and then write a paper summarizing this narrative. This assignment is worth 30 points.
Group Study: Up Series: During the semester we will consider the development of identity using the documentaries from the Up Series. This series chronicles the lives of 14 British individuals from age 7 to 49. Six small groups will be assigned to study 6 subjects from the film as we proceed through the course. On designated Fridays, all groups will turn in completed worksheets that examine connections between the course material and their Up subjects, and one group will present the results of its worksheet analysis as part of our class meeting. Attendance will be taken for these presentation days. The 6 completed worksheets will be worth 4 points each (1 point will be deducted for absence); the group presentation will be worth 4 points, making this component worth 28 points of your grade
Group Presentation: How film portrays identity: In the last week of classes you will present as part of a small group a scene from a film that illustrates some aspect of identity that we have discussed in the course. Attendance will be taken for these presentations. This presentation will be worth 10 points.
You should be familiar with our CLIPS since we’ll be posting course points there in eGRadebook. To locate our CLIPS, go to your UTDirect page (My Home), scroll down until you see your course listing. If you see no course listing, click “Choose Content” and make sure “CLIPS Inline Menu” is checked. In the listing of your courses, click on our unique #. In the left margin of the Class Information Page for our class, you’ll see several links. One is “eGradebook”.
Course Grade Per Cent of Course Points
A 93-100
A- 90-92
B+ 87-89
B 83-86
B- 80-82
C+ 77-79
C 73-76
C- 70-72
D+ 67-69
D 63-66
D- 60-62
F less than 60%
Make up quizzes or late work will be given/accepted with the following stipulations:
(1) You must notify me (via email, phone call or phone message) no later than the day of the exam/due date.
(2) You must have a legitimate reason for missing an exam/due date and be prepared to show proof.
(3) You must take the make-up quiz within 5 days of the original date
(4) You may turn in late work (without any excuse) for ½ credit.
Policy on Scholastic Dishonesty: Cheating on course work will be handled in accordance with U.T guidelines.
Important Dates
Short Writing Exercise Due Dates:
Writing Exercise 1: Rough Draft—9/14 Final Draft—9/28 ISI Due Date: 10/16
Writing Exercise 2: Rough Draft—10/26 Final Draft—11/9 PN Due Date: 11/23
42 Up Worksheet Due Dates:
Worksheet/Presentation One: 9/11
Worksheet/Presentation Two: 9/25
Worksheet/Presentation Three: 10/9
Worksheet/Presentation Four: 10/23
Worksheet/Presentation Five: 11/6
Worksheet Presentation Six: 11/20
III. Class Meeting Dates, Topics, Assignments
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TOPIC
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READING
ASSIGNMENTS
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8/26
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Introduction/Business
Discussion Board #1 open
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8/28
8/31
9/2
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Consciousness, Selfhood & Identity
Lab #1
Consciousness, Selfhood & Identity continued
Quiz #1 (Reading Set #1)
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Reading Set #1
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9/4
9/7
9/9
9/11
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Consciousness, Selfhood & Identity continued
Reading Set #1 Question Due
Discussion Board #1 closes at 5 p.m.
Labor Day Holiday
Discussion Board #2 open
What is Erikson saying about identity?
Quiz #2 (Reading Set #2)
Reading Set #2 Question Due
Up Worksheet One due
Up Group Presentation
Discussion Board #2 closes at 5 p.m.
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Reading Set #2
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9/14
9/16
9/18
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Lab #2
Reading Set #3 Question Due
Discussion Board #3 open
Writing Exercise #1 Rough Draft Due
Marcia’s Assessment of Identity
Quiz #3 (Reading Set #3)
Marcia’s Assessment of Identity continued
Discussion Board #3 closes at 5 p.m.
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Reading Set #3
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9/21
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Lab # 3:
Reading Set #4 Question due
Discussion Board #3 open
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Reading Set #4
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9/23
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Subjectivity and identity
Quiz #4 (Reading Set #4)
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9/25
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Up Worksheet Two due
Up Group Presentation
Discussion Board #4 closes at 5 p.m.
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9/28
9/30
10/2
10/5
10/7
10/9
10/12
10/14
10/16
10/19
10/21
10/23
10/26
10/28
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*********ISI should be recorded by now**********
Lab #4:
Reading Set #5 Question due
Discussion Board #5 open
Writing Exercise #1 Final Draft Due
Narrative Approaches
Quiz #5 (Reading Set #5)
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Discussion Board #5 closes at 5 p.m.
Lab #5
Reading Set #6 Question due
Discussion Board #6 open
Fame & Occupational Identity
Quiz #6 (Reading Set #6)
Up Worksheet Three due
Up Group Presentation
Discussion Board #6 closes at 5 p.m.
Lab #6:
Reading Set #7 Question due
Discussion Board #7 open
Religious Identity
Quiz #7 (Reading Set #7)
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Discussion Board #7 closes at 5 p.m.
ISI Summary Paper Due
Lab # 7:
Reading Set #8 Question due
Discussion Board #8 open
Political ideology & moral identity
Quiz #8 (Reading Set #8)
Up Worksheet Four due
Up Group Presentation
Discussion Board #8 closes at 5 p.m.
Lab # 8
Reading Set #9 Question due
Discussion Board #9 open
Writing Exercise #2 Rough Draft Due
Gender Identity
Quiz # 9 (Reading Set #9)
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Reading Set #5
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Reading Set #6
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Reading Set #7
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Reading Set #8
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Reading Set #9
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10/30
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Discussion Board #9 closes at 5 p.m.
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11/2
11/4
11/6
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Lab #9
Reading Set #10 Question due
Discussion Board #10 open
Ethnic Identity
Quiz # 10 (Reading Set #10)
Up Worksheet Five due
Up Group Presentation
Discussion Board #10 closes at 5 p.m.
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Reading Set #10
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11/9
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Lab # 10
Reading Set #11 Question due
Discussion Board #11 open
Writing Exercise #2 Final Draft Due
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Reading Set #11
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11/11
11/13
11/16
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11/20
11/23
11/25-11/27
11/30
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Other Assigned Identities
Quiz # 11 (Reading Set #11)
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Discussion Board #11 closes at 5 p.m.
Lab #12
Reading Set #12 Question due
Discussion Board #12 open
Other Identities
Quiz # 12 (Reading Set #12)
Up Worksheet Six due
Up Group Presentation
Discussion Board #12 closes at 5 p.m.
Lab #13
PN Summary Paper Due
Thanksgiving Holiday
Group presentations
Group presentations
Group presentations
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Reading Set #12
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