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Intro to Psychology History & Approaches

Intro to Psychology History & Approaches

Psychology…. A short history and a long past. • Stand Alone discipline for 120

Psychology…. A short history and a long past. • Stand Alone discipline for 120 years. • What is psychology? – Science of behavior and mental processes

Prescientific Psychology How are ideas formed? Some ideas are inborn, innate The mind is

Prescientific Psychology How are ideas formed? Some ideas are inborn, innate The mind is a blank slate, ideas grow from experience Socrates (469 -399 B. C. ) Aristotle (384 -322 B. C. ) Plato (428 -348 B. C. ) Locke (1632 -1704)

Psychological Science is Born • Wilhelm Wundt – Late 1800’s – 1 st Psychology

Psychological Science is Born • Wilhelm Wundt – Late 1800’s – 1 st Psychology Lab – Father of Modern Psychology – Seeking to measure reflexes vs. conscious awareness. (direct way to observe causes of behaviors)

Early Schools of Thought Wave One: Structuralism/Functionalism • Structuralism – What is consciousness? –

Early Schools of Thought Wave One: Structuralism/Functionalism • Structuralism – What is consciousness? – Edward Titchener – Introspection • Functionalism – Why do we have consciousness? – How does it help us adapt/function? – William James- 1 st Psych Textbook What are your immediate sensations?

What the heck do you see?

What the heck do you see?

Wave Two: Gestalt • Gestalt Psychology • Max Wertheimer (18801943) • Examine a person’s

Wave Two: Gestalt • Gestalt Psychology • Max Wertheimer (18801943) • Examine a person’s whole experience. • The whole is more than the sum of its individual parts. • Gestalt Therapy

Wave Three: Psychoanalysis • Freud (1856 -1939) • Psychoanalytic Theory • Critics Unscientific Unverifiable

Wave Three: Psychoanalysis • Freud (1856 -1939) • Psychoanalytic Theory • Critics Unscientific Unverifiable theories

Wave Four: Behaviorism • John Watson (18781958) (founder) • B. F. Skinner (reinforcement) •

Wave Four: Behaviorism • John Watson (18781958) (founder) • B. F. Skinner (reinforcement) • Limit studies to what can be observed

Modern Approaches/Perspectives • Evolutionary • Psychoanalytical • Biological • Humanistic Approach • Cognitive •

Modern Approaches/Perspectives • Evolutionary • Psychoanalytical • Biological • Humanistic Approach • Cognitive • Behavioral • Cross-Cultural

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