Conducted in terms: 2023/24_L, 2024/25_L, 2025/26_L

Erasmus code: 14.4

ECTS credits: 3

Language: Polish

Organized by: Institute of Psychology

Related to study programmes:

Psychology - full-time master studies

History of psychological thought WF-PS-N-HMP

Thematic scope of lectures provided during this subject, as well as their main aim, is to introduce students to fundamental terms, questions, and problems of classical psychological thought with particular acknowledgment of historical and philosophical roots as well as cultural and biographical context of emergence and logic of change in paradigms in which it has been developed.

Aims:
- to provide knowledge on the subject of the philosophical-historical and cultural background of the emergence of psychology's subject
- to provide knowledge about the structure of the knowledge process in psychology
- to discuss the matter of specificity and identity of psychology as a science
- to explain the variety of research methods and thinking styles within psychology
- to introduce big questions and problems that psychology has been facing
- to understand assumptions of psychological schools and main psychological conceptions of a man

Term 2025/26_L:

The thematic scope of the lectures offered as part of this course focuses on providing students with a broad and in-depth introduction to the fundamental issues of classical psychological thought. The primary aim of the course is to familiarize participants with the basic concepts, questions, and problems that have shaped psychology as a field of scientific inquiry since its inception. Particular attention is given to the historical and philosophical origins of the discipline, as well as to the cultural and biographical contexts in which specific psychological concepts emerged. An important component of the lectures is also the analysis of the dynamics of psychology’s development, including the logic and mechanisms of paradigm shifts within which the discipline evolved in the past and continues to operate today.

Course objectives:

to provide knowledge of the philosophical, historical, and cultural foundations underlying the emergence of psychology as an independent scientific discipline,

to familiarize students with the structure and specificity of the cognitive process in psychology,

to encourage reflection on the distinctiveness, status, and identity of psychology among other sciences,

to raise awareness of the diversity of research methods, theoretical perspectives, and styles of thinking present in psychology,

to discuss key questions and fundamental problems that psychology has addressed at various stages of its development and continues to confront today,

to develop an understanding of the core assumptions of the major psychological schools and the basic conceptions of the human being formulated within psychology.

(in Polish) E-Learning

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS

The total student workload for the course “History of Psychological Thought” is estimated at 90 hours, corresponding to 3 ECTS credits. This workload includes both direct contact with the instructor and individual student work, as follows: Type of activity Estimated hours Participation in lectures and discussions 30 hours Individual reading and study of assigned literature 25 hours Preparation for classes (notes, reflections, short assignments) 15 hours Preparation for the final test / written essay 20 hours Total workload 90 hours (≈ 3 ECTS)

Subject level

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes

PS_W01 PS_W02 PS_W05

Type of subject

obligatory

Course coordinators

Term 2022/23_L:

Term 2025/26_L:

Term 2024/25_L:

Term 2021/22_L:

Term 2023/24_L:

Term 2019/20_L:

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes:

knowledge: understanding of the history of psychological thought, its main perspectives, approaches, and figures of scientific psychology as well as the development of its subject matter and methods
skills: understanding provenance and transformations of thinking styles in the course of psychology development
social competences: understanding the matter of psychology's identity as a science and specificity of psychologist's profession

Assessment criteria

5 - excellent knowledge, skills, and personal and social competences
4.5 - very good knowledge, skills, and personal and social competences
4.0 - good knowledge, skills, and personal and social competences
3.5 - satisfactory knowledge, skills, and personal and social competences, however with significant mistakes
3.0 - satisfactory knowledge, skill, and personal and social competences, however with many mistakes
2.0 - unsatisfactory knowledge, skills, and personal and social competences

Written test exam at the end of the semester.

Practical placement

Not applicable.

Bibliography

Łukaszewski, W. (2003). Wielkie pytania psychologii, rozdz. 3,4,5,8,9. Gdańsk: GWP.
McBurney, D. H. (2002). Myśleć jak psycholog. Gdańsk: GWP.
Pankalla, A. (2011). Mitocentryczna psychologia kulturowa E. Boescha, rozdz. 1. WNUAM: Poznań.
Pankalla, A. (2014). Kultura psychologów. Wprowadzenie do psychologii historyczno-kulturowej. Wydawnictwo Altermed: Katowice.
Pankalla, A, Kośnik, K. (2018). Indygeniczna psychologia Słowian. Wprowadzenie do realnej nauki o duszy. Universitas: Kraków.
Rzepa, T. i Dobroczyński, B. (2009). Historia polskiej myśli psychologicznej. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN: Warszawa.
Stachowski, R. (2004). Historia współczesnej myśli psychologicznej. Od Wundta do czasów współczesnych. Warszawa. Wydawnictwo Scholar.
Stachowski, R. i Dobroczyński, B. (2008). Historia psychologii – od Wundta do czasów najnowszych (s. 73–136). W: Strelau, J. i D. Doliński (red.), Psychologia. Podręcznik akademicki. Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne: Gdańsk.

Term 2025/26_L:

Łukaszewski, W. (2003). Wielkie pytania psychologii, rozdz. 3,4,5,8,9. Gdańsk: GWP.

McBurney, D. H. (2002). Myśleć jak psycholog. Gdańsk: GWP.

Pankalla, A. (2011). Mitocentryczna psychologia kulturowa E. Boescha, rozdz. 1. WNUAM: Poznań.

Pankalla, A. (2014). Kultura psychologów. Wprowadzenie do psychologii historyczno-kulturowej. Wydawnictwo Altermed: Katowice.

Pankalla, A, Kośnik, K. (2018). Indygeniczna psychologia Słowian. Wprowadzenie do realnej nauki o duszy. Universitas: Kraków.

Rzepa, T. i Dobroczyński, B. (2009). Historia polskiej myśli psychologicznej. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN: Warszawa.

Stachowski, R. (2004). Historia współczesnej myśli psychologicznej. Od Wundta do czasów współczesnych. Warszawa. Wydawnictwo Scholar.

Stachowski, R. i Dobroczyński, B. (2008). Historia psychologii – od Wundta do czasów najnowszych (s. 73–136). W: Strelau, J. i D. Doliński (red.), Psychologia. Podręcznik akademicki. Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne: Gdańsk.

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Psychology - full-time master studies

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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