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Psychology 401(M), Fall 2015
Historical Development of Psychology (Section 2)
DAGG 232, TuTh 1:25-2:40
Instructor: Dr. Fournier
Phone: (509) 335-4415
Office: 233D Johnson Tower
Email: lfournier@wsu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:45-3:45pm or appointment by Email
website: http://labs.wsu.edu/attention-perception-performance/
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TA: Alexandra Stubblefield
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11-12 & by appointment through Email: a.stubblefield@wsu.edu
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Required Textbook: A History of Modern Psychology (11th Edition) by Schultz and Schultz
Other Required/Optional Reading Material: Articles on reserve [reserve access instructions on course website: http://www.wsu.edu/~fournier/ under Psych 401]. The reserve readings below are from Roger R. Hock’s Forty Studies That Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research, 10th Edition. Password to access online = y9cpqw
- Watch out for the visual cliff! (Gibson et al., 1960)
- Knock wood! (Skinner, 1948) — REQUIRED
- Learning to be depressed (Seligman et al., 1967) — REQUIRED
- See aggression… do aggression (Bandura) — REQUIRED
- Thanks for the memories (Loftus) — REQUIRED
- One brain or two? (Gazzaniga) — REQUIRED
- More experience = Bigger Brain (Rosenzweig et al., 1972)
- Are you a “Natural”? (Bouchard et al., 1990)
- Acting as if you are hypnotized (Spanos, 1982)
- Maps in your mind (Tolman, 1948)
- Thoughts out of tune (Festinger & Carlsmith, 1959)
- Are you the master of your fate? (Rotter, 1966)
- You’re getting defensive again! (A. Freud, 1946)
- To help or not to help (Darley & Latane, 1968)
About the Course
Description: This course will focus on many different schools of thought that influenced the development of modern psychology. Unfortunately, we will not have time to cover every individual who has influenced the many different branches of psychology that exists today. We will begin the course by discussing philosophical and physiological influences on psychology and we will end the course by discussing modern psychology. I will do my best to provide concrete examples and develop class activities to highlight the important historical influences on modern psychology.
Goals: The main goal of this course is to provide you with a historical perspective concerning the birth of psychology and its struggle to be accepted as a science. The second goal of the course is to familiarize you with the impact that psychology has had on society and how society has influenced the development of psychology. The third goal of this course is to exercise your writing and communication skills as well as promote critical thinking.