Course Details
Country:
Greece
Institution:
American College of Thessaloniki
Course Title:
Foundations and Philophy of Psychology
Course Number:
Psychology 211
Course Description:
This module aims to introduce students to major conceptual and historical paradigms and
models in psychology, the history of psychology as a science, the social and cultural
construction of psychology, the most interesting developments in the history and concepts of
science and to the concept of the self or mind. They will learn about the philosophical origins of
psychology, introspection, behaviorism, psychodynamic theory, evolutionary psychology,
developmental psychology, cognitive psychology and neuroscience and they will be re-
introduced to major figures in the history of psychology, including Wundt, Pavlov, Skinner,
Piaget and Freud etc. The ways in which psychologists and psychiatrists have investigated
human nature will be examined, and major controversies in the field along with basic
philosophical assumptions made in the sciences of human nature will be explored.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
PSYC 465
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