Course Description
Major theoretical systems in psychology, with special emphasis on developments of the last half-century, especially behaviorism and cognitivism.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students, in addition to the three required exams, must write a term paper on one of the four major materialist perspectives in Psychology.
Athena Title
SYSTEMS OF PSYCH
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students should have learned: 1. About philosophical and natural science antecedents of the field of psychology 2. About basic assumptions and premises underlying major conceptual and theoretical systems in psychology 3. About similarities and differences in 8-10 major psychological systems and the influence of each system on the field of contemporary psychology 4. About strengths and weaknesses of each major system of psychology
Topical Outline
1. Introduction and background 2. The mind-body problem 3. Physiology and the experimental method 4. Structuralism 5. Functionalism 6. Associationism 7. Behaviorism 8. Anti-behaviorism 9. Psychoanalysis 10. Humanism and existentialism 11. Modern approaches/