Module PY1601-KP08

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

8

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Psychology 2027, compulsory, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, compulsory, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• PY1601-Ü: History, theory and ethics and law of psychology and psychotherapy (exercise, 2 SWS)
• PY1601-V: History, theory, ethics and law of psychology and psychotherapy (lecture, 2 SWS)
• PY1601-S: History, theory and ethics and law of psychology and psychotherapy (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 90 hours in-classroom work
• 150 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• History of psychology and psychotherapy in their relationship to neighboring fields (especially psychiatry and neuroscience)
• Basics of historical science studies and epistemology with reference to psychology and psychotherapy (concepts, central theories and research methods)
• Ethics of Psychology and Psychotherapy in Research and Practice
• History and development of psychology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry, including their respective forms of institutionalization
• Professional and social legal framework for psychotherapeutic practice
• Contexts, places and forms of institutionalisation of psychological research and psychiatric-psychotherapeutic interventions
• Body constructions, gender roles and gender research in psychology
• The roles of psychology and psychotherapy in society and in the media public sphere

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students can present and classify central stages and controversies of the historical development of psychology and psychotherapy as science and academic professional practice.
• They can explain basic concepts, theories and methods of historical science studies and epistemology.
• They can formulate and assess ethical principles for scientific and applied practices and apply them to specific case studies.
• They can identify violations of ethical principles and legal requirements in scientific and applied practices and take countermeasures.
• They understand professional and social legal implications of the production and application of psychological knowledge and can demonstrate this with case studies.
• They can identify contextual, medial and gender-specific aspects of psychological research and practice, identify their various social implications and critically discuss them.
• They can research, evaluate and critically discuss scientific literature on the above-mentioned topics.

Grading through:

• written homework

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. phil. Lisa Malich

Teacher:

• Institute for History of Medicine and Science Studies
• Prof. Dr. phil. Lisa Malich
• Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Rehmann-Sutter
• Prof. Dr. phil Christina Schües
• Dr. phil. Birgit Stammberger

Literature:

• Bersoff, D. : Ethical conflicts in psychology Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2008.
• Danziger, K. : Naming the mind: how psychology found its language London: Sage, 1997.
• Hill, D. B. & Kral, M. J. (Eds.) : About psychology: essays at the crossroads of history, theory, and philosophy. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003.
• Norcross, J.C., VandenBos, G.R. & Freedheim, D.K. (Eds.) : History of Psychotherapy. Continuity and Change Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2011.
• Lück, H. E. : Geschichte der Psychologie: Strömungen, Schulen, Entwicklungen Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2013
• Kandale, M., & Rugenstein, K. (2017). : Medizinethik, Berufsrecht und psychosoziale Versorgungssysteme. Das Repetitorium: Lehr- und Lernbuch für die schriftlichen Abschlussprüfungen zum Psychologischen Psychotherapeuten und zum Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapeuten (S. 62-83). Berlin: Deutscher Psychologen Verlag.

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

23.06.2025