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Course: History of Psychology 1

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Course title History of Psychology 1
Course code PCH/BDPS1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Petr Kryštof, Mgr.
Course content
The course covers the following schools of thought, key figures, and their ideas. Additional topics are listed in parentheses. - René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, Wilhelm Leibniz, and Christian Wolff, Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, George Berkeley - Associationism: David Hume, David Hartley, John Stuart Mill - The French Enlightenment: the Encyclopedists, La Mettrie, Condillac - Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Immanuel Kant - Johann Herbart - Arthur Schopenhauer - Friedrich Nietzsche - August Comte - Herbert Spencer - Evolutionary theories: Lamarck, Darwin, Malthus, Mendel - Neurology: Phrenology, Flourens, Wernicke, Broca - Physiology of perception: Müller, Herring, Helmholtz - Psychophysics: Fechner, Weber, Stevens - Wilhelm Wundt and structuralism - Francis Galton - Hermann Ebbinghaus - William James - Functionalism: Dewey, Hall, Angell, James McKeen Cattell - Hugo Münstenberg - Jean Martin Charcot and Pierre Janet - Théodule Ribot - Intelligence: Binet, Stern, Terman, Wechsler - The Würzburg School: Külpe, Ach, Bühler, Bühlerová - (Spiritual Psychology: Hegel, Dilthey, Spranger) - Phenomenology: Husserl, Brentano, Stumpf - (Philosophy of Life: Bergson, Driesch, Klages, McDougall)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Presentation of the psychological ideas within the framework of modern European philosophy (from René Descartes to Friedrich Nietzsche); preconditions for the birth of independent psychology, its founders (Wundt, Galton, Ebbinghaus, James). Teaching is aimed at improving the participation and critical thinking of students
Basic orientation in the history of psychology including its philosophical roots.
Prerequisites
no prior assumptions

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic Test, Seminar Work

multiple choice test
Recommended literature
  • Blecha, I. (1998). Filosofie. Olomouc.
  • Hoskovec, J. (1992). Tajemství experimentální psychologie. Praha.
  • Hunt, M. (2000). Dějiny psychologie. Praha.
  • Nakonečný, M. (1995). Průvodce dějinami psychologie. Praha.
  • Plháková Alena. Dějiny psychologie 2., přepracované a doplněné vydání. Praha. 2020.
  • Störig, H. J. (2007). Malé dějiny filozofie. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Psychology (2019) Category: Psychology courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 12.07.2026 23:53. Data created for academic year 2026/2027