Psy501 History of Psychology

This course provides an overview of key developments in the history of modern psychology.\ud Our focus will be on the discipline of psychology as a science, and we will examine the events,\ud people, ideas, and data that have shaped???and shaken???the trajectory of scientific discovery.\ud In addition to our primary text, we will read and discuss selected landmark papers, both\ud philosophical and empirical, by major figures in the history of psychology. In lecture and class\ud discussions, we will link historical considerations to contemporary psychological questions and\ud concerns. An examination of the history of psychology allows for speculation about how the\ud social, political, and intellectual climates of times gone by may have influenced the development\ud and acceptance or rejection of certain psychological ideas.\ud This course, thus, provides a broad overview of psychology as a field but also provides an even\ud broader context against which classic and contemporary research questions can be understood