Course: History of Psychology 1

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Course title History of Psychology 1
Course code PCH/DDPS1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
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
Philosophical foundations in European thinking: - Rationalism - Empiricism and associationism - Enlightenment - German philosophy Assumptions for the emergence of independent psychology: - Philosophical assumptions - Developmental theories - Neurology and psychophysics Independent psychology and the first psychological schools - **Wilhelm Wundt and structuralism** - **Francis Galton** - **Hermann Ebbinghaus** - **William James** - Functionalism, Structuralism, French psychology, Würzburg school - (Spiritual psychology: Hegel, Dilthey, Spranger) - Phenomenology: Husserl, Brentano, Stumpf - (Philosophy (psychology) of life: Bergson, Driesch, Klages, McDougall) Main trends in psychology in the 20th century: - Gestaltism - Behaviorism

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 70 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 8 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 22 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

Written exam
Recommended literature
  • Blecha, I. (1998). Filosofie. Olomouc.
  • Hoskovec, J. (1992). Tajemství experimentální psychologie. Praha.
  • Hunt, M. (2000). Dějiny psychologie. Praha.
  • McGreal, P. (Ed). (1992). Velké postavy západního myšlení. Praha.
  • Nakonečný, M. (1995). Průvodce dějinami psychologie. Praha.
  • Plháková Alena. (2020). Dějiny psychologie 2., přepracované a doplněné vydání.
  • Störig, H. J. (2007). Malé dějiny filozofie. Praha.


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