Schools and Perspectives in Psychology: Course Outlines (APSY- 401)

Unit # 1 Schools of Psychology     

• Brief history of psychology
• Greek contribution
•  Muslim contribution
•  Structuralism
• Functionalism

Unit # 2 Introduction to Perspectives 

• Difference between theory , Models and Perspectives
• Major assumptions , major contributions and basic concepts

Unit # 3 Biological perspective

• Heredity
• Endocrine glands
• Major assumptions , major contributions and basic concepts

Unit # 4 Psychodynamic Perspective

• Classical psychoanalysis ( Freudian Perspective)
• Neo Freudians ( Jung, Adler, Horney, Erick Fromm, Sullivan )

Unit # 5 Behaviorist perspective

• Classical behaviorism (Pavlov, Watson)
• Operant Conditioning  (Thorndike , Skinner)
• Social Learning  ( Bandura, )

Unit # 6 Cognitive Perspective

• Kelley’s Personal construct theory
• Cognitive Perspective by Aaron Beck
• Seligman’s model of learned helplessness
• Lazarus Perspective of Appraisal and coping
• Cognitive behavioral perspective by Albert Ellis

Unit # 7 Humanistic perspective 

• Abraham Malsow
• Carl Rogers

Unit # 8 Existential Perspective

• Thomas Szaz
• Victor Frankel
• R.D Lange

Unit # 9 Gestalt Perspective

• Wertheimer
• Kohler
• Koffka
• Lewin                                                                                 

After the completion of this course the students will be able to:

• Understand the basic theoretical basis of human behavior.

• Know about the different perspectives of psychology.

Following ways of teaching would be applied;

• Lecture
• Assignments
• Interactive discussion
• Individual presentation of topic
• Group presentation