Introduction to metapsychology - theory and practice WF-R-PS-WMMTP
1. Metapsychology: etymology, origins, features, definition, questions, perspective, assumptions, methods.
2. The foundations of the philosophy of science and psychology.
3. Psychology: subject, questions, perspective.
4. Historiosophy of psychology: two developmental lines of psychology and so-called second psychology.
5. Philosophies of psychology and psychological anthropologies: the ontological, epistemological and axiological foundations.
6. Status and identity of psychology as a science - controversies.
7. Models and research methods in psychology.
8. The sources of critique of psychology: psychologism, naturalism, individualism, reductionism and dimensional ontology.
9. Anthropology of knowledge and psychology (L. Fleck).
10. Critical psychology and critical review/analysis.
11. Cultural psychology and real psychology.
12. The application discussed in the context of research problems undertaken by Ph.D. students.
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Learning outcomes
Upon the course completion a student:
1. Defines the term metapsychology and describes the subject, research questions and perspective of psychology as a science.
2. Distinguishes and differentiates two lines of development in psychology and knows its origin.
3. Describes different philosophies of psychology and psychological anthropologies.
4. Identifies the ontological, epistemological and axiological foundations of chosen research programs in psychology.
5. Correctly describes the status and identity of psychology as a science.
6. Presents current sources of critique of psychology as a science.
7. Performs a critical review of a particular idea, phenomenon, and research problem.
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
Powerpoint presentation.
Written essay - critical analysis and written exam - test.
Practical placement
Not applicable.
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