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History and Schools of Psychology: PSY 109 BS2 Instructor - Bushra Tauseef Class 1 - Intro To Course Outline

This document outlines the course outline for a class on the history and schools of psychology. It details the grading breakdown, including assignments, quizzes, exams. It provides a weekly schedule of lectures over 15 weeks, covering topics from early Greek philosophy to modern cognitive psychology. Recommended reading materials are also listed.

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History and Schools of Psychology: PSY 109 BS2 Instructor - Bushra Tauseef Class 1 - Intro To Course Outline

This document outlines the course outline for a class on the history and schools of psychology. It details the grading breakdown, including assignments, quizzes, exams. It provides a weekly schedule of lectures over 15 weeks, covering topics from early Greek philosophy to modern cognitive psychology. Recommended reading materials are also listed.

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History and

Schools of
Psychology
PSY 109
BS 2
Instructor Bushra Tauseef
Class 1 - Intro to Course Outline
Marks Allocation and Grading

Quizzes / Presentation 15% - 2


Assignment 20% - TBA
Mid Term Exam 25% - 25 marks
Final Exam 40% - 40 marks
Quizzes

15% of overall
grade
2 quizzes Oral +
Written
Assignments

20% of overall grade


Purpose:
To check understanding
To encourage critical thinking
Manner: TBA
Weekly Schedule

Week 1
Lecture 1 Introduction to the Course
Lecture 2 Why study history of psychology?
Lecture 3 Traditional Science and Modern Concepts 1

Week 2
Lecture 4 Traditional Science and Modern Concepts 2
Lecture 5 The Milesian School Thales and Anaximander
Lecture 6 Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides and Empedocles
Weekly Schedule
Week 3
Lecture 7 Early Greek Medicine + Atomists
Lecture 8 Socrates and Preceding
Lecture 9 Plato and Neoplatonism

Week 4 Quiz 1
Lecture 10 Aristotle
Lecture 11 Skepticism and Cynicism
Lecture 12 Epicureanism and Stoicism
Spirit and Dark Ages
Weekly Schedule
Week 5
Lecture 13 Ibn Sina Avicenna
Lecture 14 Ibn Bajjah
Lecture 15 Al Ghazali

Week 6 Quiz 2
Lecture 16 Ibn Rushd
Lecture 17 Ibn Arabi
Lecture 18 Ibn Khaldun
Weekly Schedule
Week 7
Lecture 19 Renaissance and Preceding
Lecture 20 Modern Period
Lecture 21 Descartes

Week 8
Lecture 22 British Empiricism 1 Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume
Lecture 23 British Empiricism 2 Hartley, Mill, Mill, Bain
Lecture 24 French Sensationalism
Weekly Schedule
Week 9
Lecture 25 Positivism
Lecture 26 Rationalism and Kant
Lecture 27 Romanticism and Existentialism

Week 10
Lecture 28 Early Developments in Physiology
Lecture 29 Rise of Experimental Psychology
Lecture 30 Mind and Body Problem
Weekly Schedule
Week 11
Lecture 31 Rise of Experimental Psychology
Lecture 32 Early Researches on Brain Functioning
Lecture 33 Voluntarism

Week 12
Lecture 34 Structuralism
Lecture 35 Darwin and Preceding
Lecture 36 Functionalism and Behaviorism
Weekly Schedule
Week 13
Lecture 37 Gestalt Psychology and Field Theory
Lecture 38 Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic approaches
Lecture 39 Humanistic Psychology

Week 14 Quiz 4 in last class of the Week


Lecture 40 Cognitive Psychology
Lecture 41 Contemporary Psychology
Lecture 42
Weekly Schedule
Week 15
Lecture 43 Recap and Practice Exam
Lecture 44 Recap and Practice Exam
Lecture 45 Recap and Practice Exam

Week 16
Lecture 46 Recap and Practice Exam
Lecture 47 Recap and Practice Exam
Attendance

Maximum absences allowed are 20%.

More than 20% will earn the student a failing grade


leading to repetition of course in the next semester.
Course Books

Hergenhahn, B.R. (2009). An introduction to the history


of psychology. NewYork: Wadsworth.

Leahey, T. H. (1987). A history of psychology. New


Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Recommended Further
Reading
Ajmal, M. (1986). Muslim contribution to psychotherapy
and other essays. Islamabad: National Institute of
Psychology, Quaid-e-Azam University.

Boring, E. (1929). A history of experimental psychology.


India: Cosmo Publications, (2007).
Recommended Further
Reading
Durant, W. (1961). The story of Philosophy. USA:
Washington Square Press.

Gaarder, J. (1994). Sophies World. NewYork: Berkley


Books.
Recommended Further
Reading
Russell, B. (1961). History of Western philosophy. UK:
George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Schultz, D. P. & Schultz, S. E. (2004). History of modern


psychology. (8th ed.). USA: Thomson Wordworth.

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