OUTLINE

I. Psychology: Its relationship to other fields.

II. Psychology: In general

A. Foci of Research

B. Some Dominant Research Perspectives

C. A Rough Historical Timeline

III. Some Philosophical Views Which Shaped Science

A. Determinism

B. Positivism

C. Materialism

D. Reductionism

E. Empiricism

IV. Some Major Figures and Movements in Psychology

A. Philosophical Roots

1. Descartes

2. Locke

B. Physiology & Psychophysics

1. Von Helmholtz

2. Fechner

C. Psychology: Structuralism

1. Wundt

2. Stumpf

3. Titchener

D. Psychology: Functionalism

William James

E. Psychology: Psycholanalysis

Freud

F. Psychology: Gestalt

Wertheimer

G. Behaviorism, Purposive Behaviorism & Neobehaviorism

1. Watson

2. Tolman

3. Skinner

V. The Swinging Pendulum of Influence