A History Of Psychology Ideas and Context 4th Edition by King - Test Bank
Schedule (continued)
Chapter Topic
5 The Renaissance
6 Empiricism, Associationism, and Utilitarianism
7 Rationalism
8 Mechanization and Quantification
9 Naturalism and Humanitarian Reform
EXAM #2 Friday, February 29 (Discussions and chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Spring Break March 17 – March 21
10 Psychophysics and the Formal Founding of Psychology
11 Developments after the Founding
12 Functionalism
13 Behaviorism
EXAM #3 Friday, April 4 (Discussions and chapters 10, 11, 12, 13)
Paper #2: Friday, April 18
Editorials Due: Friday, April 25
14 Other Behavioral Psychologies
15 Gestalt Psychology
16 Psychoanalysis
17 Humanistic Psychologies
18 The Rise of Contemporary Psychology
EXAM #4 (Discussions and chapters 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 in addition to cumulative material)
The Final Exam is scheduled for 1:00pm on Friday, May 9 according to the university schedule.
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Selected Print Resources for Teaching the History of Psychology
Abundant resources exist for teaching the History of Psychology. In a textword search,
PsychInfo lists 12781 publications containing “history of psychology” and 446 papers containing
“teaching” and “history of psychology,” including 99 articles in Teaching of Psychology.
Although an exhaustive list is not possible, some sources in the history of psychology are below.
Journals applicable to teaching the History of Psychology course
History of Psychology
History of the Human Sciences
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Teaching of Psychology
Useful databases
PsychInfo
Biography and Geneology Master Index
Philosopher’s Index
Wilson Biographies Plus
General Reference Books
Benjamin, L. T. (1981). Teaching history of psychology: A handbook. New York: Academic
Press.
Corsini, R. J. (Ed.). (1994). Encyclopedia of psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.
Portraits of pioneers in psychology. The most recent installment in the series is
Dewsbury, D. A., Benjamin, L. T., Jr., & Wertheimer, M. (2006). Portraits of pioneers in
psychology (vol. 6). Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association; Hillsdale,
NJ:Laurence Erlbaum Associates.
A history of psychology in autobiography. The most recent installment in the series is
Lindzey, G., & Runyan, W. M. (2007). A history of psychology in autobiography (vol. 9).
Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Scarborough, E., & Furumoto, L. (1987). Untold lives: The first generation of American women
psychologists. New York: Columbia.
Street, W. R. (1994). A chronology of noteworthy events in American psychology. Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association.
Viney, W., Wertheimer, M., & Wertheimer, M. L. (1979). History of psychology: A guide to
information sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research.
Zusne, L. (1984). Biographical dictionary of psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
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Selected Electronic Sources of Information in the History of Psychology
With the advent of the world wide web, a wealth of information is now available to the
psychologist or student interested in the history of psychology. Please note that the location,
availability, and quality of electronic information are highly variable; the following list was
accurate at press time.
American Psychological Association, Division 26 - History of Psychology, including web
resources in history of psychology
Address: http://www.apa.org/about/division/div26.html
Address: http://www.psych.yorku.ca/orgs/apa26/