PSA_002 History of Psychology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Helena Klimusová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:35 zruseno D22
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
  • 11. Further psychological systems of 20th century (transpersonal psychology, postmodern psychology…)
  • 12. History of Czech/Central-European psychology
Literature
  • Plháková, A. (2006). Dějiny psychologie. Praha: Grada Publishing.
  • HUNT, Morton. Dějiny psychologie. Translated by Ivo Müller - Renáta Mlíkovská. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2000, 708 s. ISBN 80-7178-386-2. 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
  • 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
  • ŠVANCARA, Josef. Geneze systémů empirické psychologie. Vydání 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 98 stran. ISBN 8021007486. info
  • HOSKOVEC, Jiří, Jiří ŠTIKAR and Jaromír JANOUŠEK. Psychologický výkladový atlas. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 281 s. ISBN 80-7066-716-8. info
  • SHEEHY, Noel. Encyklopedie nejvýznamnějších psychologů. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2005, 238 s. ISBN 8086598829. 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 1998, Spring 1999, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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