Fall 2017 - PSYC 308 D100

History and Systems of Modern Psychology (3)

Class Number: 4226

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 16, 2017
    Sat, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    PSYC 201.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Examines the development of modern psychology from the founding of the first laboratories in the late 19th century to the present. The development and revisions of the major theoretical systems of psychology are examined from a comparative and critical perspective. Students with credit for PSYC 207 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

The so-called systems, or schools, of modern psychology (i.e., structuralism, behaviourism, psychoanalysis, etc.) don't really exist and probably never have, but they do offer a nice tidy way of telling the story of the history of the discipline. However, there are other ways of telling this story. For example, some claim that early philosophers such as Aristotle had a psychology that is in many ways continuous with the modern use of the term. Others claim this is nonsense and ask how we can speak of psychology before the discipline had even begun. In other words, the history of psychology is itself an academic discipline, and part of our job in this course will be to learn about the history of psychology while learning about what it means for psychology to have a history.

Grading

  • Mid-Term Exam: 30%
  • Writing Assignments: 40%
  • Final Exam: 30%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

There is no textbook for this course. Instead, there will be a set of readings available on the course
Canvas site, two of which will be the basis for the written assignments.

Registrar Notes:

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