Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Psychology

INTRODUÇÃO HISTÓRICA À PSICOLOGIA - 2021/2022

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 3

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Isabel Torres
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Isabel Torres

Class type and School hours

Teórica : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Promoting the knowledge and critical reflection regarding the epistemology, history and theories of psychology.
Promoting an understanding of the psychology evolution, from classical antiquity to the present, as an independent scientific and technological power.

Specific Aims/Objectives

Promoting the learning of the philosophical, biological, and medical history of psychology, taking into account its historical evolution.
Promoting the knowledge regarding the mainstream theories, its principles and epistemological foundations. Promoting the knowledge about n the main contributions to the affirmation of Psychology.

Skills to be acquired

To acknowledge and discuss the major events of psychology evolution to the present;
To acknowledge and discuss the major epistemological theories.
To acknowledge the main theoretical currents and authors of contemporary psychology.

Teaching Procedures

The theoretical lectures will have a expositive nature and active participation of students.

Programme

Unit 1. Epistemology.
1. Science and thought;
2. Epistemological theories.
3. Comte and positivism.
4. Popper and falsifiability.
5. Kuhn and paradigm discontinuity.

Unit 2. Antiquity and Middle Ages.
1. Pre-civilization and humanity;
2. Major Greek philosophers.
3. After Aristotle.

Unit 3. Modern Age.
1. Renaissance eclecticism;
2. Descartes and Cartesian dualism;
3. Empiricism and positivism.
4. Rationalism and Existentialism.
5. Physiology and experimental psychology.

Unit 4. Contemporary Age.
1. Structuralism.
2. Functionalism.
3. Psychoanalysis.
4. Humanism.
5. Behaviorism.
6. Gestalt.
7. Cognitivism.
8. Constructivism.

Evaluation Type

Continuous assessment will take into account attendance to the lectures, two tests and two oral presentation.

Teaching Resources

Data Show, vídeos e scientific papers.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Psychology
History
Epistemology

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography