Unit code: PSY370017
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week
About the unit
This unit provides students with a broad and eclectic view of the history and philosophy of psychology. It surveys a selection of interesting and influential events, people, and ideas and uses these as a focus to critically examine issues that directly and indirectly shape the discipline as it is practiced today.
Content
- The nature and limits of psychology
- Philosophical and physiological precursors to psychology
- The emergence of modern scientific psychology
- Big theories and movements in psychology, such as: psychoanalysis/psychodynamic, Gestalt, behaviourist, humanistic, cognitive, cognitive neuroscience
- Philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and psychology as a science
- Psychological theory and methods
- Philosophical, scientific, social aspects of issues in psychology, e.g., mental illness, therapy, gender, sex, culture, consciousness
This unit is found in the Graduate Diploma of Psychology.
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Undergraduate
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Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in:
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Behavioural Studies
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Criminology
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Security and Counter Terrorism
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International Relations
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