Psyc 415 History & Systems of Psychology, Fall 2001,TR 11:00 - 12:15, 111 Memorial John P. McLaughlin 151 Maintenance Center(200 Academy St.) 831-2752 johnmcl@udel.edu. Office hours: 1 - 2 TR;1 - 2 W and by appointment. If I am in my office, you are welcome to come in. Generally, the best way to reach me is by e-mail. I look at it at least twice a day. Voice mail is OK, but can stil1 lead to prolonged telephone-tag. The graduate TA in the course is Laura Hochschild. Her office hours are: M,11-12 and W,1-2. She can be found in 161 McKinly and reached at 831-8188 or on email as lhoch@udel.edu. Another assistant in the course is Laura Price. She will have office hours from 1230-145, T and Th in 153 Maintenance Center. Her email address is lauraa@udel.edu. The textbook is: Hergenhahn, B.R. An Introduction to the History of Psychology, 4th Ed, 2001, Wadsworth:Belmont,CA. Additional readings will be available in the reserve room and on the Web, where electronic copies will be available via Netscape and our class Web page, http://www.udel.edu/psych/History.htm. The copies can be downloaded and printed. The Library has a handout on the procedures to do this. In this syllabus, articles are indicated by the author's name. Date Topic Readings Aug 28 Introduction 30 Science Chap.1 Sep 4 Major Themes Chap 2. 6 " " Chap3;4 11 Modern Phil & Sci., review Chap 4 13 EXAM 18 Empiricism Chap 5;Deadline for paper topic 20 Rationalism Chap 6 25 19th C. Sci Chap 8 27 Wundt, et al Chap 9 OCT 2 Gestalt Chap 14 4 Review 9 EXAM 11 Evolution Chap 10 16 Intelligence Plomin; Weinberg; Murray & Herrnstein 18 " Gould;Kamin;Zuckerman;Sternberg 23 Functionalism Chap 11 25 Behaviorism Chap 12;Samelson;Papers DUE 30 REVIEW Nov 1 EXAM 6 Neobehaviorism Chap 13 8 Science & Bias Bleier;Popper 13 Romantics Chap 7 15 Mental Illness Chap 15 20 Psychoanalysis Chap 16 27 potpurri 29 REVIEW Dec 4 EXAM Grades will be based on exams and a term paper. Four exams will be given so each contributes 20% of the total. The term paper will contribute the remaining 20%. Exams will be essay in form. The questions will be of two types, requests for summaries and requests for reasoning. A common request for summaries is: Describe the major ideas of someone, e.g., Aristotle, and show where they came from and whom the work influenced. The second type would not necessarily have a "correct" answer, but would ask you to argue, i.e., compare and evaluate ideas or contributions, e.g., who was better, Plato or Aristotle ? The term paper assignment is a 3,000-word paper. Your paper should, first of all, describe a current experimental paper (target article) published in one of the journals on the attached list in the year 2001 (devote approximately 3 pages) and the historical background of that research. This background should include (1)a description of the 20th C. scientific work, which made the current work something that needed to be done (approx. 6 pages) and (2) a description of the major philosophical issues relevant to the current work (approx. 3 pages). By the 20th of September, I want you to hand in the full reference of the target article that was published in 2001. In the Fall of 1995, it became clear to many of us on the faculty that students were "recycling" term papers that they had originally written for other courses. This is not acceptable behavior. In reporting a grade for this course, I attest that you thought about and learned a body of material to some degree. If you did not learn anything new in doing your paper, you put me in the position of telling a lie, however unwittingly. Do not do it. If a paper does not include the type of material described above, it will be clear that you didn't do the assignment and you will simply have to do a new paper. It should go without saying that you have typed the paper, proofread it and checked your spelling. If you haven't done these things, I will turn it back with a poorer grade than it otherwise deserved. I have no objection if you wish to take an early draft to the writing center for help. Please keep in mind that poor writing and careless preparation make me grumpy. It is very hard to get a decent grade from a grumpy reader, no matter how brilliant your ideas may be. As I indicated above, I am going to use a web page for the course. The URL is http://www.udel.edu/psych/johnmcl/History.htm You will find things like lecture outlines and study guides there, for example. I also will send messages to all of you on e-mail as it is appropriate. JOURNALS FOR CURRENT EMPIRICAL RESEARCH TOPICS American Journal of Community Psychology American Journal of Psychology Animal learning and Behavior Basic and Applied Social Psychology Behavior Research and Therapy Biological Psychology Brain and Cognition Brain Research British Journal of Psychology Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology Cerebral Cortex Child Abuse and Neglect Cognition Cognition and Emotion Cognitive Development Cognitive Neuropsychology Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Therapy and Research Developmental Psychology European Journal of Social Psychology Health Psychology Human Factors Infant behavior and Development Journal of Abnormal Child psychology Journal of Applied Psychology Journal of Applied Social Psychology Journal of Clinical Child Psychology Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Journal of Educational Psychology Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Journal of Experimental Psychology, ABP " " " " HP&P " " " " LM&C " " " " GENERAL Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Journal Memory and Language Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Journal of Personality Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Journal of Social Psychology Learning and Motivation Memory and Cognition Motivation and Emotion Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Perception Perception and Psychophysics Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Physiology and Behavior Psychonomic Bulletin and Review Psychophysiology Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Social Behavior and Personality Social Cognition