History of Psychology

PSYCH 210 | University Course

Overview of psychological thinking from Ancient Greece to the present. Emphasizes a critical stance toward the assumptions and implications of major psychological theories.

Course Details

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Pre-scientific Psychology
Lesson 2: Physiology, Psychophysics, and the Science of Mind
Lesson 3: Germany and the Birth of a New Science
Lesson 4: Origins of Scientific Psychology in America
Lesson 5: The Early Schools of American Psychology
Lesson 6: The Birth of the New Applied Psychology in America
Lesson 7: Psychoanalysis
Lesson 8: Behaviorism
Lesson 9: The New Profession of Psychology
Lesson 10: A Psychology of Social Action and Social Change
Lesson 11: Cognitive Psychology

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Textbooks

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A brief history of modern psychology- 2nd Edition (Required) by: L. T Benjamin Jr. ISBN: 9781118206775 2014 Wiley		New from $57.81 Used from $4.61	Borrow
Walden Two (Required) by: B. F. Skinner's ISBN: 9780872207783 2005 Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.	Purchase from: $13.50	Collectible from $10.00 Used from $2.88 New from $15.44	Borrow