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 Week 9 - Mar 3 & 5 - Applied Psychology in North America: The
New World part III
Week 10 - Mar 10 & 12 - Rise of Behaviorism and Gestalt Psychology Week 11 -Mar 17 & 19 - Behaviourism & Logical Positivism
in 20th Century Science
Week 12 - Mar 24 & 26 - Canadian Psychology: WWII and the aftermath
Week 13 - Mar 31 & Apr 2 - Neo-Behaviorism and Social Constructionism
Week 14 - Apr 7 & 9 - Explosion of Diversity, ... into the Future
Apr 14- [Take-home Final Due]
Benjafield: Chapter 6 (all); Chapter 8 (pp. 180-186); Chapter 13 (pp. 329-336)
Benjafield: Chapter 8 (pp. 187-198)
Benjafield: Chapter 9 (pp. 208-226); Chapter 10 (pp.238-256l); Chapter 8 (pp. 198-204)
Benjafield: Chapter 11 (pp.272-290); Chapter 12 (pp. 293-314)
Benjafield: Chapter 12 (pp. 312-325)
[Paper - Due]
Benjafield: Chapter 9 (pp. 227-235); Chapter 13 (pp. 352-356);
Chapter 16 (pp. 441-447)
Benjafield: Chapter 10 (pp 257-270); Chapter 13 (pp 340-352); Chapter 14 (all) Chapter 16 (pp. 448-455).