PSY-703 History and Systems of Psychology4 semester credits
This course offers a historical understanding of the field of psychology with attention to its major systems and the individuals who contributed to its evolution as an organized discipline. Students demonstrate independent and critical thinking and examine how psychological theory, methods of inquiry, and professional practice are historically and culturally embedded.
Co-requisites: PSY-500 , PSY-500A , PSY 525 or PSY 533 taken concurrently or completed prior.
Delivery Method: Distance/Electronically Mediated
Note: This course is only open to Clinical or Media PhD students or RCP certificate students.
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Objective(s):
1. Be familiar with a body of knowledge in the history and systems of psychology, and understand the relevance of that history to current psychological theory.
2. Understand how current ideas, trends, and controversies in psychology reflect, and are impacted by the history of the field.
3. Adopt a “historical sense,” and a habit of going to historical and “primary” sources when researching a topic of theoretical moment.
4. Understand the philosophical roots and foundations of psychology, the basic ideas in the philosophy of sciences as they apply to psychological science, and be familiar with the underlying philosophical and conceptual assumptions of the psychological paradigms (biological, behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, humanistic, systems, etc.) that underlie current perspectives in psychology.
5. Be able to identify assumptions and trends that define various theories in psychology.
6. Reflect an openness to the interface between psychology and other disciplines, such as philosophy, biology, anthropology, sociology, theology and literary studies that have impacted the history and development of the field.
7. Understand the role and place of psychology within history of ideas and culture.
8. Be familiar with the contributions and potential contributions of non-western and indigenous cultures to psychological theory.
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