Place of Psychology in our Society

Assessment tasks/questions Essay:

“Past, present and future: Discuss the place of psychology in our society”

• Define key terms (with references), explain the question and mention the material you will cover to answer it;
• Identify the complexities and controversies in defining psychology;
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of psychology and its different approaches;
• Describe the past, present and future theories of psychology;
• Cover material from each of the lectures with reference:

Development psychology

Normality vs. Abnormality

Heredity and environment

Psychology and a Feminism

Psychology, religion and race

Psychology and war

Free will and determinism

Consciousness and the mind-brain relationship

• Briefly critically compare the theoretical approaches/theories of psychology;
• Continually describe, analyse, criticise the usefulness of psychology in our society;

APA reference 6^th edition

Only 2800 words

~22-25 references (use journals. Articles, books, other )

Readings:

• Richards, G. (2009) Putting Psychology in Its Place (Routledge)
• Gross, R. (2009) Themes, Issues, and Debates in Psychology (Hodder Education)
• Brysbaert, M. and Rastle, K. (2009) Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology (Prentice Hall)
• Glassman, W.E., & Hadad, M. (2009), Approaches to Psychology, 5th Ed., London: McGraw- Hill
• Ludy T Benjamin (2009), A History of Psychology. Victoria, Australia: Blackwell Publishing
• Hock R.R. (2009). Forty Studies that changed Psychology. 6^th, New Jersey Pearson Education International
• Weiten W (2011). Psychology, Themes and Variations, Briefer Version. 9^th, Canada: International Edition.