PA225-5-SP-CO:
Violence and Projective Processes in Individuals and Society
2016/17
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
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Requisites for this module
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FDA LX51 Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations
This module applies psychodynamic thinking to two specific but broad areas, first to aggression, violence and antisocial behaviour, and second to wider socio political issues such as ageism, refugee care, learning disabilities, racism, childrens fiction, gender and language. Students will consider a wide range of factors involved in violent and antisocial conduct and how these relate to projective processes. They will explore the early foundations of psychological integration and disintegration and the role organisations can play in managing unintegrated and vulnerable children, adolescents and adults. The module then broadens out demonstrating the range of psychodynamic applications in social and health care, culture and society.
Aims
To understand the roots of both physical and psychological violence
To apply psychodynamic concepts to issues related to personality growth through the life cycle
To recognise and consider the wider application of therapeutic techniques from individual to group, to organisation, to community
To recognise the ubiquitous nature of unconscious human interactions in diverse social and cultural phenomena
To use psychodynamic understanding to contemplate psycho social change
Learning Outcomes
To understand the complex antecedents of childhood violence and violence perpetrated upon children
To understand the relationship between attachment, aggression and violence
To be able to more broadly assess the underlying reasons for antisocial behaviour
To recognise the role of projective processes in work with traumatised children, adolescents and adults
To recognise the processes in early life which support psychological integration or lead to disintegration and internal defences
To consider individual, group and organisational interventions with antisocial, hard to reach and violent children, adolescents and adults
To apply therapeutic techniques in planning individual work and service delivery
To look more deeply at ones own personal, professional and political beliefs
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There are ten weeks of seminars. Teaching is 2hr duration. Teaching is divided into two components. Seminar 1 is a taught seminar. Seminar 2 is a group discussion. Seminars may include workshops and other exercises.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay on theory and its applications |
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95% |
| Practical |
Participation |
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5% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Chris Nicholson
Student Administrator, 4SB.6.2, telephone extension 4969, email cpsugrad@essex.ac.uk
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Mr Nicholas Stein
University of Derby
Programme Leader MA in Art Therapy
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Of 20 hours, 18 (90%) hours available to students:
2 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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