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Schedule of readings* 

DATE (week of) TOPIC ASSIGNMENT
May 15 What is psychology?

 

 Class discussion
May 16 Why should we study the history of psychology?

Recurring themes in psychology

 Chapter 1

 
May 17 & 18 Philosophical roots of psychology Text Chapters 2-5
May 19 Scientific antecedents of psychology Text Chapter 6
May 22 & 23 Voluntarism and Structuralism: The beginnings of psychology Text Chapter 7
May 24 & 25 Competing Approaches--Brentano, Stumpf, Kulpe, Ebbinghaus Text Chapter 8
May 26 EXAM 1 x
May 30 & 31 Darwin and the antecedents of functionalism Text Chapter 9
June 1 Psychology in America: Functionalism Text Chapter 10
June 2 Dewey and the Founding of Functionalism Text Chapter 11
June 5 Watson and the rise of behaviorism Text Chapter 12
June 6 Neobehaviorism Text Chapter 13
June 7 & 8 Skinner and the radical behaviorists Supplemental readings
June 9 EXAM 2 Thursday x
June 12 & 13 Gestalt Psychology Chapter 14
June 14 & 15 Freud and the psychology of the unconscious Chapters 15 & 16
June 16 Physiological Psych Chapter 17
June 19 Psychometrics and Applied Psych Chapter 18
June 20 Social Psychology Chapter 19
June 21 The cognitive revolution Chapter 20
June 22 Clinical Psychology x
June 23

 

 FINAL EXAM   x                                             

*this schedule will be revised as necessary

**extra credit may be turned in anytime up until next exam.  You may earn up to 5 extra credit points for the semester

 

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