This competency-based, writing-intensive course explores psychology's history and major schools of thought. From the Greek philosophers to the contributions of modern schools of thought such as evolutionary psychology, this course explores important theoretical and methodological movements in psychology such as structuralism, functionalism, applied psychology, behaviorism, and psychoanalysis. Students are asked to evaluate the relative merits of each of psychology's approaches and deepen their knowledge of game-changing studies in the field.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Explore how psychology's history is studied, its philosophical influences, its physiological influences, and the contributions of its founders.
Explain the theoretical tenets and empirical methods of structuralism, functionalism, and applied psychology.
Investigate the theory and methods used in Behaviorism and Gestalt Psychology.
Discuss the contributions of psychoanalytic and humanistic theory and method, and the contemporary developments in psychology.
Evaluate the relative merits of psychology's major schools of thought and key studies in the history of psychology.
Accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission. The Distance Education Accrediting Commission is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a recognized accrediting agency. The Distance Education Accrediting Commission is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
