A History of the Teaching of Social Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney over the Fifty Year period 1959 to 2008

Abstract

A documentation of the structure and content of the Social Psychology courses, and the staff who taught them, in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney over the fifty year period 1959 to 2008. Changes to course structure in response to University, Faculty, Australian Psychological Society, School and other requirements are identified, as well as changes in the actual content of the courses through content analyses of topics covered in syllabi, textbooks and examinations.