cp 700 - History & Systems of Psychology

Institution:

Pacifica Graduate Institute

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Description:

Students explore the organizing perspectives and therapeutic approaches which have shaped contemporary Western psychology. The philosophical principles of psychological models from antiquity to the present era are examined, including those associated with religious traditions, medicine, and the schools of psychoanalysis, behaviorism, gestalt, and humanistic psychology and "fourth force" or multicultural and cross-cultural psychology. The course includes a discussion of the history and development of psychology as a scientific discipline and clinical psychology as a profession.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pacifica.edu

Phone Number:

(805) 969-3626 ext 101

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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