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
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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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.
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Term 2021/22_L:
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