History of Psychology

Presentation

The UC History of Psychology will adopt a chronological perspective to illustrate the history and evolution of psychology as a science, while following a comparative perspective between the past and present of the different areas of psychology.

Part of this Programme

Psychology

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 5

Year | Type of course unit | Language

2 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULHT35-13632

Recommended complementary curricular units

NA

Prerequisites and co-requisites

n/a

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

1. Philosophical roots of modern psychology: contributions from Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Mill.

2. Physiological roots of modern psychology: contributions from Helmholtz, Gall, Broca.

3. The beginning of scientific psychology: contributions from Fechner, Wundt, Ebbinghaus.

4. Origins of scientific psychology in America: contributions from James, Hall, Cattell.

5. Structuralism and functionalism: contributions from Titchener, Dewey, Angell.

6. The birth of applied psychology: contributions from Binet, Yerkes, Münsterberg.

7. Gestalt psychology: contributions from Wertheimer, Köhler, Lewin.

8. Psychoanalysis: contributions from Freud, Breuer, Jung, Fancher.

9. Behaviorism and neo-behaviorism: contributions from Pavlov, Watson, Tolman, Hull, Skinner.

10. Cognitive Psychology: Contributions by Bartlett, Mandler.

11. Psychology in the 21st century.

Objectives

The objectives of this course are to promote the following skills and competences in students:

1. Identify and historically frame the events that enhanced the development of psychology as a science;

2. Characterize and critically analyze the different existing psychological currents;

3. Recognize the leading figures in the history of psychology and their contributions;

4. Describe the current state of psychology as an area of knowledge.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

Classes will be based primarily on the expository method, supported by slides and audiovisual media. In order to encourage student participation, the interrogative method and exercises will be used.

The continuous assessment will include three evaluation moments: 1) the accomplishment of a written test (with a weighting of 55% in the final grade); 2) the elaboration of a written group work (weighting 20% in the final grade); and 3) the oral presentation of the respective work (with 20% weighting in the final grade, distinguishing the individual contributions); 4) a component referring to the participation of students in tutoring classes (with a weight of 5%). Attendance at classes is mandatory.

The time of appeal consists of a written examination with a weighting of 100% in the final grade, which will focus on all theoretical and practical content.

Due to the pandemic evolution, the evaluation moments may be online.

References

Braunstein, J., & Pewzner, E. (2003). História da Psicologia. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget.

Hergenhahn, B. R., & Henley, T. (2014). An introduction to the history of psychology. New York: Wadsworth.

Pickren, W. E., Rutherford, A. (2010).  A history of modern psychology in context. New Jersey: Wiley & Sons.

Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2015). A history of modern psychology. Cengage Learning.

Shiraev, E. (2015). A history of psychology: A global perspective (2.ª ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

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