Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Thoughts, feelings and behaviour: An introduction to psychology
UEA (University of East Anglia)
This course introduced psychology as a discipline, examining its origins, historical development, and major movements. It explored key debates on ethics, culture, and free will, and considered psychology’s scientific status and its role in shaping human society, culture, and knowledge.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr David Holland
Lecturer in psychology
UEA (University of East Anglia)
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the term psychology
- Identify the historical origins of psychology as a discipline and its key movements
- Evaluate the structure of psychology and its scientific status
- Assess the place of psychology in wider human life
- Identify the applications of psychology
- Reflect on the limitations of psychology
Syllabus
- Defining and locating psychology
- The origins and historical development of psychology
- Key historical movements in psychology (e.g. biological, psychodynamic, behaviourist and cognitive)
- Key debates in psychology (e.g., ethics, culture, free will)
- Structure and scientific status of psychology
- Place of psychology in human society, culture, and knowledge
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Issued on 23rd October 2026
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