Prof. Dr. Rui Mata starts this course about the history of psychology with a quote from Shakespeare to remind us that understanding the origins of a discipline can help us make sense of its practices today.

How did psychology evolve? The following chapters focus on this question to help understand what psychology was in the past, how it is understood today, and where it could be headed in the future. In the video below, Professor Rui Mata explains how the course is structured and what you can expect to learn.

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