PSY-254 Psychology and the Movies
This course will examine the effects that
professional psychology has had on the view of
human nature as portrayed in film. Topics will
include common presentations of the normal,
abnormal, and extra-normal functioning of persons
in this medium. There will be consideration of
correct and incorrect representations of the
categories of abnormality in the current
Diagnostics and Statistics Manual of the American
Psychiatric Association. Films will be combined
with readings and discussion.