The History of Psychology course will adopt a chronological perspective to illustrate the history and evolution of psychology as a science, while following a comparative perspective between the past and present of the different areas of psychology.
Semestral
General introduction: Reflections on the study of the History of psychology. The origins and development
of Western psychological thought.
Psychology in Greek Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Modern Age. Foundations of a Psychological
Science
The contribution of Bergson; Phrenology; Physiology; Psychophysics and Evolutionism
Psychology as Science
The works of Weber, Fechner, Wundt and Ribot. Phenomenology and existentialist humanism.
Psychology in the 20th century: the main schools
Reflexology and Behaviorism. Associationism. Structuralism and Functionalism. Gestalt. Psychoanalysis.
Humanistic Psychology. Cognitive Psychology
Psychology today.
The current domains of reflection, application and practice in psychology. Psychology in Portugal.
Contribution of the Portuguese thought.
The background of Psychology and Educational Sciences Faculties. Research and scientific production:
example of the portuguese journals of psychology.
The objectives of this course are to promote the following skills and competences in students:
1. Identify and historically frame the events that enhanced the development of psychology as a science;
2. Characterize and critically analyze the different existing psychological currents;
3. Recognize the leading figures in the history of psychology and their contributions;
4. Describe the current state of psychology as an area of knowledge.
Mandatory
The use of active methodology and giving students the chance to learn to work in an interdisciplinary context.
Português
Não
Baker, D. B. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Psychology: Global Perspectives. Oxford University Press Inc.
Brennan, J. (2009). History and Systems of Psychology, 5ª Edition. Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
Braunstein, J., & Pewzner, E. (2003). História da Psicologia. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget.
Hergenhahn, B. R., & Henley, T. (2014). An introduction to the history of psychology . New York: Wadsworth.
Pickren, W. E., Rutherford, A. (2010). A history of modern psychology in context . New Jersey: Wiley & Sons.
Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2015). A history of modern psychology. Cengage Learning.
Shiraev, E. (2015). A history of psychology: A global perspective (2.ª ed.) . Thousand Oaks: Sage.
