Psy 361 History & Systems in Psychology Fall Quarter 2001 MWF 9:40-10:40
Instructor: Dr. George F. Michel
Office Hours: MWF 2:20-4:30
Office: 507 Bryne
Telephone: 325-4246
E-Mail: gmichel@condor.depaul.edu
Text: Schultz & Schultz: A History of Modern Psychology (7th Ed.) New York: Harcourt/Brace
Course Format: Each day I will lecture on the assigned topic and allow about 15-20 minutes for your questions and discussion of weekly topic questions. I depend upon you for letting me know what parts of the text and/or lectures need clarification. Therefore, the first day for which a chapter reading assignment is scheduled, there will be a 10 minute quiz composed of multiple choice questions about that week's topic.
Grading: Your grade will be based upon your contribution to class discussion, your written homework assignments, and your performance on the weekly (Monday) quizzes and a final examination. Homework assignments will be given for each chapter (see enclosed page). The homework is due on the first day for which the chapter is assigned.
Date Topic Assignment
9/5-7
Introduction
Ch 1
9/10-14
Philosophical Influences
Ch 2
9/17-21
Physiological Influences
Ch 3
9/24-28
Psychology Becomes a Discipline
Ch 4, 5
10/1-5
Functionalism
Ch 6, 7
10/8-12
Applied Psychology
Ch 8
10/15-19
Behaviorism
Ch 9, 10
10/22-26
Neobehaviorism & Gestalt Psychol. Ch
11, 12
10/29-11/2
Psychoanalysis
Ch 13, 14
11/5-12
Humanism & Cognitive Psychol.
Ch 15
11/15 (Thursday) 8:45-11:00 FINAL EXAM
Homework Assignments: Each assignment is due the first day of class that the topic will be discussed. Please keep a copy of your homework for your own records and use.
Chapter 2: Discuss how notions from physics, chemistry, mechanism,
and determinism
have been applied toward understanding human behavior.
Chapter 3: Describe the 19th-C German university system and relate
this discription to
your understanding of DePaul University's College of Liberal Arts &
Sciences and the psychology department.
Chapters 4 & 5: a. Describe Wundt's goals for the new science
of psychology and
enumerate his experimental conditions.
b. For Titchener, how was psychology similar to the other natural
sciences?
Chapters 6 & 7: a. Describe 5 contemporary examples of Galton's
influence on
Psychology.
b. Discuss at least 3 ways in which functionalism expanded the field
and/or practice of psychology.
Chapter 8: Discuss how functionalism and pragmatism in America affected
the
development of psychological testing, Industrial/Organization Psychology,
and Clinical Psychology.
Chapters 9 & 10: a. Compare Thorndike's law of effect and Pavlov's
law of
reinforcement.
b. Discuss why America was ripe for an "outbreak of psychology".
Chapter 11 & 12: a. Discuss the points of agreement and disagreement
between
neobehaviorists' systems and Watson's behaviorism.
b. Discuss the controversy between Koehler's "insight" learning and
Thorndike's Law of Effect.
Chapters 13 & 14: a. Discuss the initial response to Freud's
theory of the seduction
trauma and to the related controversies that surfaced on the 1980s.
b. Explain how Jung's system might be examples of the defense
mechanisms of sublimation, intellectualization, and rationalization.
Chapter 15: a. Discuss the major distinctions between behaviorism
and humanism,
cognitive psychology, and Gestalt psychology.