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[https://thatpsychprof.com/ Rajiv Jhangiani] provides a brief orientation to this learning pathway on the history of psychology.
 
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In this learning pathway we will explore the origin of psychology as a scientific discipline and the subsequent emergence of several distinct approaches to studying psychology. As you make your way through this learning pathway, pay particular attention to how sociopolitical events and technological developments tend to influence psychological theory.

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Orientation

Rajiv Jhangiani provides a brief orientation to this learning pathway on the history of psychology.

Video signpost: History of Psychology

This is a good opportunity to post your first WENote (which stands for WikiEducator notes - a micro posting platform used by the OERu for learners to share thoughts and ideas). Note that you will need to login in order to post a WENote below (click on the graphic above). For example:

  • I liked Rajiv's point about ...
  • I think the history of psychology is important because ...

Note: Your comment will be displayed in the course feed.


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Objectives

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

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  • Provide both the historical and modern scientific definitions of psychology
  • Describe the merits of an education in psychology
  • Describe how Wundt’s Structuralism and James’s Functionalism led to the birth of scientific psychology
  • Describe major developments in the history of psychology including Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory, Gestalt Psychology, and Behaviourism
  • Explain what view humanism rejected and what view it proposed instead
  • Explain why the cognitive revolution shifted psychology’s focus back to the mind


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