Graduate Catalog

PSY 722 History and Systems of Psychology

Review of theoretical approaches in the historical development of psychology as a discipline, including the emergence of clinical and experimental psychology from philosophical and physiological perspectives. The principal systems and schools of thought in the history of psychology will be surveyed, including psychophysics, structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, gestalt theory, psychoanalysis, and cognitive theories. These systems and schools of thought will be analyzed as they relate to contemporary psychology.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

Enrollment in the Ph.D. or Psy.D. Psychology Doctoral Programs

Distribution

Doctorate, Graduate