re:[tips] Great Novels for Honors Intro

2010-06-28 Thread Mike Palij
On Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:20:27 -0500, Jim Dougan wrote: > Well, I am slogging my way through Gravity's Rainbow this > summer. There is LOTS of Psychology in it - particularly Pavlov - > but as you know if you have read it, it is probably not a great > choice for intro. > > A Clockwork Oran

re: [tips] Great Novels for Honors Intro

2010-06-27 Thread Jim Dougan
Well, I am slogging my way through Gravity's Rainbow this summer. There is LOTS of Psychology in it - particularly Pavlov - but as you know if you have read it, it is probably not a great choice for intro. A Clockwork Orange is good for behavioral stuff. Shutter Island has some interesting ps

re: [tips] Great Novels for Honors Intro

2010-06-27 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:26:22 -0700, Bill Hill wrote: >Greetings: > >I will be teaching a Honors Intro section in the fall using classic >novels and great books to illustrate major theories. Rather than >a traditional intro text, I have selected a honors text that provides >an overview of 6 theo

Re: [tips] Great Novels for Honors Intro

2010-06-27 Thread Beth Benoit
*The Echo Maker *by Richard Powers is about a person with Capgras Syndrome, so could cover the abnormal psych. part. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Annette Taylor wrote: > > > It's not a classic but The Alienist by Caleb Carr could w

RE: [tips] Great Novels for Honors Intro

2010-06-27 Thread Annette Taylor
It's not a classic but The Alienist by Caleb Carr could work for psychoanalysis. I also like Hard Times by Dickens and that would be considered a classic. I think bits would work for cognitive, humanistic and maybe behavioristic or sociocultural perspectives. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor,