Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PSY 101 — Introduction to Psychology

2 units · PSY department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

A brief history of Psychology; the aim of psychology; early schools of Psychology; structuralism, functionalism, behaviourism, gestalt psychology, psychoanalysis. Later schools of Psychology such as cognitive; evolutionary, humanistic and biological. Fields of Psychology such as clinical, i ndustrial, social, environmental, developmental, school, educational, neuropsychology and medical/behavioural. Psychology as a specific discipline: principles that guide scientific research such as objectivism, empiricism, determinism, scepticism, a convergence of operation, refutability and testability. Methods of investigation in Psychology: experimentation, observation, case-study, survey, archival. Relationship between psychology and other disciplines: current issues- mind and body, Nature and Nurture controversies.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PSY 101.

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