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PS210
History of Psychology
Unit 1
Nichola Cohen Ph.D.
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Overview
Get to know each other
Class expectations and the syllabus
Why is the history of psychology important?
Questions
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Syllabus
Please read it!
Reading: History of Psychology by Schultz & Schultz Each week 1-2 chapters from this book Sometimes additional readings – check the
reading tab for each unit
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Flex seminars
Choice of seminars Wednesday 10PM EST – Karen Shockley Thursday 3PM EST – Nichola Cohen Sunday 8PM EST – Tim Littell
You only need to attend 1 seminar!
Or, you can complete seminar option 2
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Discussion board
Most units have 2 discussion board threads
You should post 1 primary response and 2 peer responses to each thread Primary post = 175 words Peer responses = 50 words
Posts must be substantial
You must make reference to the reading 4 points for this! E.g. It is sometimes said that Psychology is one of
the oldest as well as one of the newest scientific disciplines (Schultz and Schultz, 2008)
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Deadlines
All assignments and DB posts are due by 11.59 PM EST Tuesday I do accept late work BUT you will lose 1 letter
grade per week for late submission Extensions can be granted for extenuating
circumstances Email me and let me know before the deadline is
missed
Projects: Weeks 4, 7 and 9 Start thinking about them early Read the rubric!
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Questions
Course questions section
Email me
Discussion board
Seminar
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One final thing….
Be nice!
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What sorts of Psychologists are there?
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What sorts of Psychologists are there?
Applied Psychologists Clinical psychologists School/Child psychologists Organizational psychologists
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What sorts of Psychologists are there?
Applied Psychologists Clinical psychologists School/Child psychologists Organizational psychologists
Experimental Psychologists Sensation and Perception Learning and Memory
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Why is it important to study the history of Psychology?
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Why is it important to study the history of Psychology?
We don’t want to repeat past mistakes
To understand where we are now we need to see how we got here
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What disciplines did Psychology evolve from?
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What disciplines did Psychology evolve from?
Philosophy
Physiology
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What disciplines did Psychology evolve from?
Philosophy Asked similar questions to Psychologists BUT did
not experimentally test them
Physiology Relied on controlled experimental observation
and experimentation which became the methodology for Psychology
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Why might historical information not always be
accurate?
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Why might historical information not always be
accurate? Information is sometimes lost or destroyed
Information may be deliberately or accidentally biased, altered or hidden by the subject or the historian
Inaccurate translation from 1 language into another
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What is the Zeitgeist?
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What is the Zeitgeist?
The climate or spirit of the times
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What is the Zeitgeist?
The climate or spirit of the times
What factors might influence the Zeitgeist?
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What is the Zeitgeist?
The climate or spirit of the times
What factors might influence the Zeitgeist?
Economy
War
Prejudice and discrimination
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Historical approaches
Personalistic approach Development is attributable to a particular
person E.g. Freud is the only person who could have
developed psychoanalysis
Naturalistic approach Development is attributable to the times or the
Zeitgeist E.g. Many people could have come up with the
theory of evolution, but the timing was right for Darwin
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Why do some people consider Psychology to be one of the oldest as well as one of the newest scientific discipline?
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Why do some people consider Psychology to be one of the oldest as well as one of the newest scientific discipline?
The subject matter of Psychology can be traced back to the 5th century philosophers
However Psychology in it’s current form, based on observation and controlled experimentation did not start until the late 1800’s
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That’s all for now!