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Course Description:  This 3 credit course introduces students to the history of psychology, the development of various systems of psychology and the primary individuals involved in their development.  A contextual approach, accounting for sociohistoric and cultural changes, is utilized

Course Objectives:  Upon completion of this course, students will:
1) Accurately identify, discuss and understand major systems of psychology relevant to  experimental, physiological, behavioristic, educational, Gestalt, psychoanalytic, forensic and applied branches of the field;
2) Use historical, contextual perspectives to examine the discipline of psychology;
3) Recognize & describe key individuals in the development of psychology as a discipline;
4) Effectively communicate knowledge of systems of psychology; and
5) Demonstrate the ability to apply critical thinking skills to course content.

Readings will be provided by instructor and selected according to individual interest.
 Text: Benjamin, L.T. (1997). A History of Psychology: Original Sources and Contemporary Research. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

Evaluation Procedures:  Performance will be assessed and grades assigned based on points earned for quizzes, written assignments, class activities, and presentations.  Specifically, these will include:

CLASS ACTIVITIES based on discussions of assigned readings from your text.

ONE written summary of a book you read. The book should be authored by a psychologist, be a biography and/or autobiography of that psychologist or be a resource (text of technical psychology book) from the era in which your psychologist worked. Your draft is due by 5/29; your final copy is due on the last day of class. More specific guidelines will be given in class.

ONE presentation in which you provide in-depth information about your selected psychologist and/or psychological era and the sociohistoric and cultural contexts in which the psychology of that era occurred. This will be given in class on May 30 or May 31.

ONE FINAL EXAM which will assess your knowledge of the various systems of psychology covered in class will be completed on the last day of class.
 

Point Value:  Book Summaries        75
   Class activities        150 (10 pts. Each)
   Presentation         75
   Final        100
Total Possible:         400

Grading Policy:  Grades will be assigned based on % of possible points earned. 90%+ = A    80%-89% = B    70%-79% = C  60%-69% = D    < 60% = E
Opportunities for extra credit will also be available throughout the semester; you can earn up to 40 extra credit points to be applied to your final grade.

Class Schedule
(Note:  This schedule may be modified  according to class needs.)
  Topic        Assigned Activities

05/14   Orientation to course  Personality Profile      What is  Psychology?  Read Chapter 1
  How do we study its history?

05/15  Philosophical roots    Read Chapter 2
  Library orientation   Locate books for approval

05/16  Physiological Roots   Work on book summary
  Psychology Club Potluck  Read Chapter 3

05/17  The Clinical Tradition  Work on book summary
  Computer Lab Orientation  Read Chapter 4

05/18  Foundations of  Psychology Work on book summary
  Graduation    Read Chapter 5 through 7

05/21  Book Summary Guidelines  Work on book summary
  Structuralism   Read Chapter 8

05/22  Darwinian Influences  Work on book summary
   Read Chapter 9
05/23  Functionalism   Work on Presentations         Read Chapters 10

05/24  Animal Experiments  Work on Presentations
       Read Chapter 11

05/25  Behaviorism    Read Chapters 12 through 14
       Finish book summary draft

05/29  Editing groups   Read Chapter 15
Psychoanalysis Finish book summary & presentations
 
 

05/30  Gestalt Psychology   Read Chapter 16
  Presentations   Finish presentations

05/31  Applied Psychology  Review for final
  Presentations

06/01  Social Agendas in Psychology
  Final Exam
 

CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES, TIME PERIODS AND/OR PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND BOOK REPORTS.
RUSSIA    POLAND   SWITZERLAND
  Ivan Pavlov     Hugo Munsterburg   Carl Jung
  Lev Vygotsky     Kurt Lewin
 

GERMANY    FRANCE   ENGLAND
  Wilhelm Wundt      Alfred Binet     Francis Galton
  Hermann Ebbinghaus    Jean Piaget     Ed Titchener
  Sigmund Freud

            UNITED    STATES
      William James
       G. Stanley Hall
              James Cattell
      John Dewey
              John Watson
 
 
 
 
 

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