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Psychology (PSYC) 375
History of Psychology (Revision 1)

Revision 1 closed, replaced by current version.

Delivery mode: Individualized study or grouped study.
Online enhanced.

Credits: 3 - Social Science

Prerequisite: A 200-level psychology course. It is recommended that this course be taken by students who have successfully completed several psychology courses and are in their third or fourth year of undergraduate studies.

Centre: Centre for Psychology

PSYC 375 has a Challenge for Credit option.

The course has a website that includes optional online materials, including online quizzes.

Overview

This course examines the history of psychology from the time of the early Greeks until the present.

Outline

Unit 1: The Evolution of Psychology: From Speculation to Science

Unit 2: The Middle Ages, the Beginnings of Science, Empiricism, Sensationalism and Positivism

Unit 3: Rationalism, Romanticism, Existentialism and Early Experimental Psychology

Unit 4: Darwin, Functionalism, and Behaviorism

Unit 5: Neobehaviorism, Gestalt Psychology, and Early Approaches to Mental Illness

Unit 6: Psychoanalysis and Humanistic Psychology

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Evaluation

To receive credit for PSYC 375, you must achieve a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination.

The final grade in Psychology 375: History of Psychology is determined by student performance on the unit quizzes, an optional essay and the final exam. The way the grade is calculated in the course will depend whether not or a student writes the optional essay.

For students who do not write the essay, the scores on the six unit quizzes will be worth 30 percent of the course grade and the final exam will be worth the remaining 70 percent of the course grade.

For students who write the essay, the scores on the six unit quizzes will be worth 30 percent of the course grade, the essay will be worth 35 percent of the course grade, and the final exam will be worth the remaining 35 percent.


To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbook

Hergenhahn, B. R. (2001). An Introduction to the History of Psychology (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson Learning

Other Materials

The course materials include a student manual, a study guide, and a quiz package.

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