PS_BA002 History of Psychology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Dalibor Vobořil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Irena Komendová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 7:30–9:05 N41
Prerequisites
The course is recommended for first grade students.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives of the History of Psychology course can be summarized as follows: to get a perspective on the development of psychological thinking; to learn the history of the most important systems in psychology; to gain insight into the resources, theories and methodological approaches of the most important psychological systems; to understand the continuity between historical and contemporary developments of psychology.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into the history of psychology (theory and practice of science; systems of psychology, their description and evaluation)
  • 2. Philosophical roots of psychology
  • 3. Associationism
  • 4. Structuralism
  • 5. Functionalism
  • 6. Behaviorism
  • 7. Gestalt psychology
  • 8. Psychoanalysis
  • 9. Cognitive psychology
  • 10. Humanistic psychology
Literature
    required literature
  • HUNT, Morton. Dějiny psychologie. Translated by Ivo Müller - Renáta Mlíkovská. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2000, 708 s. ISBN 80-7178-386-2. info
    recommended literature
  • Boring, E. G. (1950). A history of experimental psychology, 2nd Ed. New York: New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
  • PLHÁKOVÁ, Alena. Dějiny psychologie. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2006, 328 stran. ISBN 802470871X. info
  • HOSKOVEC, Jiří and Simona HOSKOVCOVÁ. Malé dějiny české a středoevropské psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2000, 255 s., vi. ISBN 80-7178-311-0. info
  • HOSKOVEC, Jiří, Milan NAKONEČNÝ and Miluše SEDLÁKOVÁ. Psychologie XX. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 106 s. ISBN 80-7066-714-1. info
    not specified
  • Benjanfield, J. (2009). A History of Psychology. Oxford University Press.
  • Zusne, L. (1975). Names in the history of psychology. Washington D.C.: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.
  • HOSKOVEC, Jiří, Milan NAKONEČNÝ and Miluše SEDLÁKOVÁ. Psychologie XX. století : některé významné směry a školy. 1. vyd. [i.e. 2. vyd.]. Praha: Karolinum, 2002, 295 s. ISBN 8024603004. info
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Průvodce dějinami psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1995, 174 s. ISBN 80-85937-23-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures 2 hours/week + reading of covered historically significant psychological texts.
Assessment methods
Exam: essay (home written, on a topic of student's own choice) + multiple-choice test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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