Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Courses/PSY471History of Psychology(Davis)/Course description

Course description
The History of Psychology course reviews the contributions of philosophy and physiology to the perspectives that have made psychology what it is today.In this course we will focus on the modern history of psychology, mostly since 1879. In the beginning, we will look at the basic philosophical issues and the physiological viewpoints that led to the birth of psychology. From there, we will look intensively at the early “schools” of psychology as theoretical systems influencing the development of psychology in its diverse areas. I hope you will see that the many areas of interest in modern psychology fit into a framework provided by their common history and that our discussions and the texts tie together many loose ends that may remain from your other psychology courses (e.g., learning, perception, child development).

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