HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Code |
Name of the Course Unit |
Semester |
In-Class Hours (T+P) |
Credit |
ECTS Credit |
| PSY115 |
HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY |
1 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
Objectives and Contents |
| Objectives: |
This course aims to examine the development of psychology in a historical process and to provide an opportunity to comprehend how the contemporary psychology concept is formed.
The goals of the course are to familiarize you with the major ideas that have shaped the development of Psychology and to provide a context for the paths Psychology has taken over the past century. |
| Content: |
This course examines the history of psychology from the time of the early Greeks until the present.
Contents of the course include the subjects as follows:
"1) Studies for history of psychology
2) Philosophical origins of psychology
3) Renaissance Humanism
4) Rationalism
5) Empiricism
6) Positivism
7) Physiological Origins of Psychology
8) Structuralism
9) Functionalism
10) Psychoanalysis
11) Behaviorism
12) Humanistic Psychology
13) The Rise of Contemporary Psychology |