| Module Code | BAHPSY 106 | |
| Module Title | Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Psychology | |
| Parent Programme/Stage | BA(Hons) Psychology | Stage One |
| Delivery Mode | FT/PT Blended | |
| NFQ | Irish National Framework of Qualifications /Level 6 | |
| EFQ | European Qualifications Framework /Level 5 | |
| ECTS | 10 | |
| Workload (hours per week) | 3 hours per week 2 x lec/1 x tutorial | |
| Description | To provide students with the historical developments the field of psychology and to place and analyse psychological knowledge within a wider socio–historical and intellectual context. Lectures/tutorials/ independent study/use of Moodle for directed self–study tasks | |
| Assessment | CA: 100% 2 x assignments/ongoing | |
| Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: | ||
| 106A: | Discuss the importance of the early philosophers as the first natural scientists. | |
| 106B: | Trace the development of psychology within the philosophical tradition. | |
| 106C: | Compare and contrast the main philosophical perspectives on the nature of the mind | |
| 106D: | Describe the key features of the main schools in psychology. | |
| 106E: | Reflect on the differences and similarities between the philosophical and psychological perspectives. | |
| Indicative Content: | ||
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– The Philosophical context: – Ways of thinking about mind, body and experience. – Introduction to the first natural scientists: The Pre–Socratic Philosophers. – The move from the nature of the world to the nature of the self (Socrates). – Introduction to the philosophy of mind (Plato and Aristotle). – The mind–body problem (Descartes et al.) – Monism and Dualism as the two central schools of thought on the mind–body – Problem – Monist solutions to the mind–body problem –Dualists solutions to the mind–body problem. – The relationship between the self and the world. The philosophy of self. – The relation between psychology and philosophy. The philosophy of perception. – Consciousness, thinking and perception –moral behaviour (Kant) The Scientific Context: – Psychology as a Science – Psychology as a Profession – Psychology originated in Philosophical questions. – Psychologists investigate the conscious mind and the unconscious mind. – Psychologists explore behaviour and mental activity. – Psychologists today investigate many different topics: – Wundt, Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychoanalysis, Gestalt, Behaviourism Humanism, Cognitive Psychology. – |
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