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PSY 461 - History and Systems of Psychology


Description:
Historical development and persistent theoretical problems of contemporary psychology.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: PSY 101.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Describe major problematic themes of systems of psychology and describe where a given system stands on these dimensions: conscious mentalism-unconscious mentalism, behaviorism-mentalism, determinism-indeterminism, empiricism-rationalism, functionalism-structuralism, mechanism-vitalism, molecularism-molarism, monism-dualism, naturalism-supernaturalism, nomotheticism-idiographicism, and staticism-dynamicism
  • Describe common problems in historiography
  • Compare at least four views of how science makes progress
  • Describe the major figures and contributions to the history of modem psychology made by: Early Greek philosophy, cosmology and idealism, Post-Aristotelian worldly philosophy, The Renaissance and the beginnings of modem science and natural philosophy, Empiricists, sensationalists and positivists
  • Describe the major figures and contributions to the history of modem psychology made by: Rationalists, Romantics and existentialists, Early Experimental psychologists, Voluntarists, structuralists, other early psychologists, and the Darwinian influence and the testing movement
  • Describe the major figures and contributors to the history of modem psychology made by 20th century developments in Functionalism, Behaviorism, Neobehaviorism, and Gestalt Psychology
  • Describe the major figures and contributions to the history of modem psychology made by: Pioneers in early diagnosis, explanation, and treatment of mental illness Freud, psychoanalysis and its early alternatives, Humanistic (third force) psychology, Cognitive psychologists, Psycho biologists, and Contemporary professional psychologists
  • Use scholarly resources in the library and internet to write a coherent brief history of a selected event in the history of psychology in proper APA style
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/18/2010



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