What Is Psychology – and What Is It Not?

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What Is Psychology – and What Is It Not? The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Psychology is not Mere speculation about human nature A body of folk wisdom about people that “everybody knows” to be true

Psychology’s Roots Psychology can be traced back to ancient Greece and the men listed below. Socrates Plato Aristotle Followed several centuries later by French – Rene Descartes English – Francis Bacon & John Locke

A New Day Wilhelm Wundt in 1879 Edward Titchener – Structuralism

Growing Scientific Field William James – 1st President of APA Wrote 1st text book Charles Darwin – Evolution

Don’t forget the Ladies Mary Whiton Calkins – 1st Woman President of APA & without a Ph.D. Margaret Floy Washburn – 1st Female Psychology Ph.D.

The Next Level Sigmund Freud – Ivan Pavlov – Pioneer in the study of Learning Sigmund Freud – Father of Psychoanalysis

Jean Piaget – Cognitive & Developmental John B. Watson – Behaviorist B.F. Skinner- Behaviorist

Another New Approach Carl Rogers – Humanist Abraham Maslow- Humanist