Course Syllabus and Readings

Week 1 - Jan 7 & 9   - Introduction to History and the Philosophy of Science
   Benjafield J.G. (2015). A history of psychology.  Chapter 1 (pp. 1-14) Chapter 16 ( pp.432-440; 445-446)

Week 2 - Jan 14 & 16 - . . . Introduction . . . History of Psychology & Worldviews
   Benjafield: Chapter 2 (pp. 16-38); Chapter 3 (pp.44-49)

Week 3 - Jan 21 & 23 - Darwin, Evolution, Adaptation and Individual Differences
   Benjafield:  Chapter 2 (pp. 39-41); Chapter 3 (pp. 49-63; 68-74); Chapter 4 (pp.95-103).

Week 4 - Jan 28 & 30 - Wundt and the Beginnings
   Benjafield:  Chapter 3 (pp. 64-67); Chapter 4 (pp. 77-95); Chapter 5 (all) Chapter 8 (pp.174-180)
[Quiz]

Week 5 - Feb 4 & 6 - Freud and Psychoanalysis    [Outline due]
   Benjafield:
: Chapter 7 -(all)  

Week 6 - Feb 11 & 13  - Canada: Psychology in the New World part I....

Supplemental Reading:
   Tolman C.W. (1996). Opposition to the ideal system as leitmotif in nineteenth century
   Anglo-Canadian psychology. Canadian Psychology, (37), 137-144.

Week 7 - Feb 18 & 20 -   Reading Break

Week 8 - Feb 25 & 27  - America and Functionalism: The New World part II Midterm 
    Benjafield:  Chapter 6 (all); Chapter 8 (pp. 180-186); Chapter 13 (pp. 329-336)

 Week 9 - Mar 3 & 5 - Applied Psychology in North America: The New World part III
   Benjafield:  Chapter 8 (pp. 187-198)

Week 10 - Mar 10 & 12 - Rise of Behaviorism and Gestalt Psychology
   Benjafield:  Chapter 9 (pp. 208-226); Chapter 10 (pp.238-256l); Chapter 8 (pp. 198-204)

Week 11 -Mar 17 & 19 - Behaviourism & Logical Positivism in 20th Century Science
   Benjafield: Chapter 11 (pp.272-290); Chapter 12 (pp. 293-314)   

Week 12 - Mar 24 & 26 - Canadian Psychology: WWII and the aftermath
   Benjafield: Chapter 12 (pp. 312-325)  [Paper - Due]

Week 13 - Mar 31 & Apr 2 - Neo-Behaviorism and Social Constructionism
   Benjafield:  Chapter 9 (pp. 227-235); Chapter 13 (pp. 352-356); Chapter 16 (pp. 441-447)

Week 14 - Apr 7 & 9 - Explosion of Diversity, ... into the Future
   Benjafield:  Chapter 10 (pp 257-270); Chapter 13 (pp 340-352); Chapter 14 (all) Chapter 16 (pp. 448-455).

                    Apr 14- [Take-home Final Due]


Study Questions and
Key Concepts for Psychology 210