The course provides the student with an overview of the history and origins of psychology focusing on the major schools of psychology. The course supplies specific insights into the origins and history of scientific psychology from birth in the second half of the 19th Century with the study of sensations, emotions and intellectual activities. The course explores the various schools of thought with the greatest interpreters of psychological thought by describing the different methodological approaches, the main research hypotheses and relations with the historical and cultural context within which these psychological schools acted.

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If you have enjoyed the MOOCs experience, you can transform it into an actual asset for your academic and professional career: by enrolling in the corresponding UNINETTUNO university course, you will be included into a class and have the support of a tutor who will guide you along your learning path; you will be able to participate in a course delivery cycle, interact with professors and tutors in real time in UNINETTUNO virtual classrooms on the Web (on live streaming) or in UNINETTUNO Island of Knowledge on Second Life; the tracking of your activities on the MOOCs will be recorded and you will be acknowledged as an attending student and will be able to sit for the exam that will allow UNINETTUNO to officially assign you – in case of success – the university study credits corresponding to the selected courses, based on the Credits (European Credits Transfer System) - European Credit Transfer System, recognised by the Italian and by EU universities.

Credits (European Credits Transfer System): 6