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* Understand the etymology of the word “psychology”
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* Define psychology
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* Understand the importance of Wundt and James in the development of psychology
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* Appreciate Freud’s influence on psychology
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* Understand the basic tenets of Gestalt psychology
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* Appreciate the important role that behaviourism played in psychology’s history
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* Understand basic tenets of humanism
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* Understand how the cognitive revolution shifted psychology’s focus back to the mind
 
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Revision as of 03:39, 11 October 2016

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We know what we are but not what we may be.

—Ophelia in Hamlet
William Shakespeare

Need one or two orientation sentences here.

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Objectives

By the end of this learning pathway you should be able to:

  • Understand the etymology of the word “psychology”
  • Define psychology
  • Understand the importance of Wundt and James in the development of psychology
  • Appreciate Freud’s influence on psychology
  • Understand the basic tenets of Gestalt psychology
  • Appreciate the important role that behaviourism played in psychology’s history
  • Understand basic tenets of humanism
  • Understand how the cognitive revolution shifted psychology’s focus back to the mind