Epistemology and History of Psychology

Code:

LPSI110

Acronym:

EHP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social and Human Sciences

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	First degree in Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LPSIC	196	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	3	27	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This subject intends that the students acquire:

- Knowledge of the main events and theories throughout the History of Psychology;

- Knowledge of the main epistemological theories;

- Ability to apply the epistemological theories to psychological sciences;

- Development of autonomous learning skills and critical analysis.

Learning outcomes and competences

- Think critically about the History of Psychology;

- Ability to perspective the current learning in the field of psychology according to its history;

- Ability to approach complex authored texts, analyzing them critically.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Non applicable.

Program

1. THE CRITIQUE OF SCIENCE

- What is epistemology? Internal and external epistemology;
- What is science? The scientific community; stereotype of science and its deconstruction;
- The structure and development of science. French and Anglo-Saxon historicist traditions; Khun's Theory of Scientific Revolutions;
- Critical epistemologies: science and democracy; Scientific rationality and the emergence of social criteria of truth; validity and legitimacy.


2. THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

- The history: problematization of its construction;
- The axes of production of psychological knowledge.

2.1. THE ORIGINS

- From physiology and philosophy to psychology - the sensation as a frontier object; the laboratory of Leipzig and the figure of Wilhelm Wundt.

2.2. LATER DEVELOPMENTS

2.2.1.Phenomenological theories and models: the analysis of an epistemology derived from ontology

- Theoretical, meta-theoretical and methodological characterization of psychoanalytic, psychodynamic and humanistic perspectives;
- The centrality of experience, the lived and the production of subjectivity.

2.2.2 From processing and mediation to cognitive construction

- Functionalism and structuralism

2.2.3 Rationalist and post-rationalist (constructivist) cognitivist models


3. CRITICAL EPISTEMOLOGICAL POSITIONS: SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM, CRITICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INTERSECTIONALITY

- Reference to feminist epistemology, epistemology of practice and epistemologies of the south through, respectively, the history of gender studies, non-normative sexualities and racism;
- Epistemology and politics: populism and infox/fake news.

Mandatory literature

Brennan James F.; History and systems of psychology. ISBN: 0-13-392209-X
Hergenhahn, B.R.; Introducción a la Historia de la Psicologia. Madrid: Paraninfo Thomson Learning., 2001
Kuhn Thomas S.; A^estrutura das revoluções científicas. ISBN: 85-273-0111-3
Schultz Duane; A^history of modern psycology. ISBN: 0-12-633060-3
Brent D. Slife; Critical thinking about psychology. ISBN: 1-59147-187-7
Azambuja, M., Nogueira, C., & Saavedra, L. ; Feminismo(s) e psicologia em Portugal, Psico-PUCRS, 38, 3, 207-215, 2007
Saavedra, L. & Nogueira, C. ; Memórias sobre o feminismo na psicologia: para a construção de memórias futuras, Memorandum, 11, 113-127, 2006
Agra, C. ; A faculdade, a investigação e a comunidade, Revista de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, 1987

Complementary Bibliography

Alferes Valentim Rodrigues; Investigação científica em psicologia. ISBN: 972-40-1039-2
Alferes, V.R., Bidarra, M.G., Lopes, C.A. & Mónico, L.S.; Domínios de investigação, orientações e autores nas revistas portuguesas de Psicologia: tendências de publicação nas últimas quatro décadas do século XX. , Análise Psicológica, XXVII, 1, 3-20., 2009
Agra Cândido; Science, maladie mental et dispositifs de l.enfance
Carneiro, Nuno ; Ser, pertencer e participar: construção da identidade homossexual, redes de apoio e participação comunitária. Tese de doutoramento , 2006
Martins, E. Colosso, A. ; Relações étnico-raciais e psicologia: publicações em periódicos da SciELO e Lilacs, Revista Psicologia: Teoria e Prática, 15(3), 118-133.
Nogueira, C., Saavedra, L. & Neves, S. ; Critical (Feminist) Psychology in Portugal. Will it be possible?, 2006. ISBN: Annual Review of Critical Psychology, 5, 136-147

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive classes in large group; realization of 3 individual written assignments.

Software

Não se aplica

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	24,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho escrito	27,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

The students must have the minimum of 9.5 points in 20 at the global classification of the discipline. The final grade will be obtained by completing 3 written assignments, with equal weighting between them. The presence in class is mandatory according to the regulation in force in FPCEUP.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is obtained through the average of the grades obtained in the 3 assignments.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Non applicable.

Internship work/project

Non applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special evaluations need to be discussed with the professors at the begining of the course.

Classification improvement

Grade improvement is not possible, due to the nature of the project works carried.