Psyc 415 History & Systems of Psychology, Spring 2003,TR 2:00 - 3:15, 100 Wolf Hall John P. McLaughlin 109 Wolf Hall 831-2752 johnmcl@udel.edu. Office hours: 1 - 2 TR 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. One TA in the course is Ivan Sucharski. His office hours are: Monday 11-12 and 1-2; Wednesday 2:30-3:30, or by appointment. He can be found in 151 McKinly. Reach him by phone at 831-8565 or on email as Ivan@udel.edu. The other TA in the course is Pam Susman. She will have office hours on Wednesday, 11-12 in 041B McKinly. Her email address is pams@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 senior author's name. Date Topic Readings Feb 11 Introduction 13 Science Chap.1 18 Major Themes Chap 2. 20 " " Chap3;4 25 Modern Phil & Sci., review Chap 4 27 EXAM Mar 4 Empiricism Chap 5 11 Rationalism Chap 6; PAPER TOPIC DUE 13 19th C. Sci Chap 8 18 Wundt, et al Chap 9 20 Gestalt, review Chap 14 25 EXAM 27 Evolution Chap 10 SPRING BREAK Apr 8 Intelligence Plomin; Weinberg; Murray & Herrnstein 10 " Gould;Kamin;Zuckerman;Sternberg 15 Functionalism Chap 11 17 Behaviorism Chap 12;Samelson;PAPERS DUE 22 Review 24 Exam 29 Neobehaviorism Chap 13 May 1 Science & Bias Bleier;Popper 6 Romantics Chap 7 8 Mental Illness Chap 15 13 Psychoanalysis Chap 16 15 Review 20 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(12 pages). 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 2002 (devote approximately 3 pages) and then 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 11th of March, I want you to hand in the full reference of the target article. 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. SOME 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