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    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES

    Faculty of Social Sciences


    Department of Applied Psychology
    Schools and Perspectives in Psychology (APSP-330)
    Semester: BS – 5th (Morning)
    Instructor: Ms. Saadiya Abbasi
    Credit Hours: 3
    Semester: Spring 2023

    Rationale:
    The rationale of the course is to teach students about Schools and Perspectives in
    Psychology. The course will also provide students an understanding of theoretical basis of
    human behavior which includes major perspectives in Psychology (Biological, Psychodynamic,
    Behaviorism, Cognitive, Humanistic, Existential, and Gestalt).

    Objectives:
     The basic objective of this course is to analyze a given topic via different perspectives.
     To make students aware of the history of Psychology and how it has evolved through the
    passage of time.
     Current discourse of Psychology.

    Learning Outcomes:
    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.
     Able to analyze a topic via multiple perspectives.

    GRADING BREAKDOWN (100 Marks)

    Quizzes 5 Marks

    Assignments 5 Marks

    Presentation 5 Marks

    Class Project 5 Marks

    Mid-term Exam 30 Marks

    Final Exam 50 Marks


    SCHEDULE OF CLASSES/ LECTURES

    Week Course Content Assessments

    Week 1 Schools of Psychology

    Brief history of psychology

    Greek contribution

    Week 2 Structuralism

    Functionalism

    Week 3 Introduction to Perspectives Quiz 1

    Major assumptions, major contributors and basic


    concepts

    Week 4 Biological Perspective Assignment 1

    Heredity

    Genes and chromosomes

    Endocrine glands

    Week 5 Nervous system Quiz 2

    Week 6 Psychodynamic Perspective Assignment 2


    Classical psychoanalysis

    Week 7 Neo-Freudians Presentation

    Week 8 Behaviorism

    Classical conditioning

    Operant conditioning

    Week 9 Neo-Behaviorism

    Socio-Behaviorism

    Week 10 Cognitive Perspective Quiz 3


    Cognitive perspective by Aron Beck

    Cognitive perspective by Albert Ellis

    Cognitive behavioural model

    Week 11 Cognitive perspective of appraisal and coping

     Kelley’s Personal construct theory


    Week 12 Humanistic Perspective Assignment 3

    Abraham Maslow

    Carl Rogers

    Week 13 Existential Perspective

    Thomas Szaz

    Victor Frankel

    Week 14 Gestalt Perspective

    Max Wertheimer
    Kurt Koffka
    Wolfgang Köhler
    Kurt Lewin

    Week 15 Socio-Cultural Perspective Class Project

    Week 16 Islamic Perspective

    Recommended Books:
    Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2011). A History of Modern Psychology. 10th Ed. Wadsworth,
    Cengage Learning
    Hergenhahn, B. R. (2009). An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 6th Ed. Wadsworth,
    Cengage Learning
    Haque, A. (2013). Psychology from Islamic Perspective: Contributions of Early Muslim Scholars
    and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists. Journal of Religion and Health, 43 (4)
    pp. 357-377

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