Course Number: PSYC 444
Instructors:
     Aubyn Fulton Office:    DH 109D Telephone: 6536 E-mail: afulton@puc.edu
     Greg Schneider Office: DH 109C Telephone: 6535 E-mail: gschneid@puc.edu
Time:                3:00 - 4:40 pm MW
Place:               DH 107
Credit Hours:   4

Text:
Leahey, T. A History of Psychology: Main Currents in Psychological Thought, 5th. ed. Prentice-Hall, 2000.
James, W. Psychology: The Briefer Course. University of Notre Dame Press, 1985.

General Course Objectives
The student will:
1. Understand the basic philosophical and historical issues concerning the nature of humankind--how we think, sense, remember, organize our worlds--and the nature of science.
2. Be able to relate these issues to current concerns in psychology.
3. Be able to to relate these issues to contemporary problems outside the formal study of psychology.
4. Coordinate the study of human nature with the study of God in whose image we were created.
5. Know the important individuals in the history of philosophy & psychology and their contribution to psychological thought.

Evaluation
TESTS: Two tests will be given during the quarter covering material assigned in Leahey and related lectures and discussions. In addition, a take-home exam will be given near the end of the course requiring the student to synthesize and apply material covered during the entire course. Finally, there will be a comprehensive examination at the end of the course covering all of Leahey and all of the lectures and discussions during the course.

DEBATES: The class will be divided into two sets of two teams each and two debates will be held. These debates will contrast historical and philosophical points of view covered in the course. Team members may adopt the identities of actual and probable historical figures. Ground rules for the discussions will be established later in the course, but the teams will be evaluated according to the effectiveness of their presentations. Each individual member of a team will receive the team score as his/her grade for this project. ALL members of the team must participate in the preparation for the debate and in the oral presentations.

ATTENDANCE: Because this course only meets twice each week and because class participation is vital to the success of the course, 2 points will be given for attendance during the FULL class period (1 point for students arriving late or leaving early). As these points are given for attendance there is no way in which they can be made up, even in the case of unavoidable circumstances. If a student is forced to miss a test because of illness or similar circumstances, the test may be made up with no penalty providing the instructor has been notified in advance. Otherwise, make-up tests will carry a 10% penalty.

Points will be distributed as follows:
Test #1 (W April 26)                               40 points
Test #2 (W May 17)                               40 points
Take-home exam (W June 7)                  60 points
Final exam,                                           80 points
Debates, M Apr 24 & M May 15              40 points
Attendance                                            40 points
TOTAL                                                  300 points

Any student earning 95% of the highest total in the class will be guaranteed no lower than an A-; 85% = B-; 70% = C-; 55% = lowest passing grade.
 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

DATE          ASSIGNMENT    CLASSROOM ACTIVITY    

WEEK 1
      M April 3                                                                Introduction
      W Apr. 5                CH 1                                        Psychology, Science & History

WEEK 2
M April 10              CH 2                                        Origins of Philosophy, Science & Psychology
W April 12             CH 3                                        Spirituality & Individualism

WEEK 3
M Apr. 17               CH 4                                        The Scientific Revolution & Creation of Consciousness
W Apr. 19              CH 5                                        Enlightenment & Counterenlightenment

WEEK 4
M Apr. 24               CH 6                                       The Threshold of Psychology
                                                                              First Debate                                
W Apr. 26              EXAM #1                                CH 1 - 6

WEEK 5
M May. 1                CH 7                                        The Psychology of Consciousness
W May. 3               CH 8                                        The Psychology of the Unconscious

WEEK 6
M May 8                 CH 9                                        The Psychology of Adaptation
W May 10              CH 10                                      The Conspiracy of Naturalism

WEEK 7
M May 15               CH 11                                      Behaviorism Ascendant
                                                                              Second Debate
W May 17              EXAM #2                                 CH 7-11

WEEK 8
M May 22               CH 12                                      The Rise of Applied Psychology                                            
W May 24              CH 13                                      The Sun Sets on Behaviorism

WEEK 9
M May 29              MEMORIAL DAY                   NO CLASS
W May 31              CH 14                                      From Behaviorism to Cognitive Science

WEEK 10
M June 5                CH 15                                      Doubts, Troubles & Controversies
W June 7               "The Jimmy"                           TAKE-HOME EXAM DUE

WEEK 11
    W June 14: 5:00     FINAL EXAM                          COMPREHENSIVE