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Myers PSYCHOLOGY Seventh Edition in Modules The History and Scope of Psychology James A. McCubbin, Ph.D. Clemson University Worth Publishers

Psychology’s Roots Prescientific Psychology Is the mind connected to the body or distinct? Are ideas inborn or is the mind a blank slate filled by experience?

Psychology’s Roots

Psychology’s Roots Prescientific Psychology Empiricism knowledge comes from experience via the senses science flourishes through observation and experiment

Psychology’s Roots Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory at the University of Leipzig (c. 1879)

Psychology’s Roots Structuralism used introspection (looking in) to explore the elemental structure of the human mind

Psychology’s Roots Functionalism focused on how behavioral processes function—how they enable organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

Psychology’s Roots Figure 1- British Psychological Society membership

Psychology’s Roots Definition of Psychology The science of behavior (what we do) and mental processes (sensations, perceptions, dreams, thoughts, beliefs, and feelings)

Contemporary Psychology Psychology’s Big Issues Nature-nurture controversy the relative contribution that genes and experience make to development of psychological traits and behaviors

Contemporary Psychology Natural selection principle that those inherited trait variations contributing to survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

Contemporary Psychology

Contemporary Psychology Psychology’s Perspectives A lot depends on your point of view

Contemporary Psychology Psychology’s Subfields Basic Research biological psychologists explore the links between brain and mind developmental psychologists study changing abilities from womb to tomb cognitive psychologists study how we perceive, think, and solve problems

Contemporary Psychology Psychology’s Subfields Basic Research Personality psychologists investigate our persistent traits Social psychologists explore how we view and affect one another

Contemporary Psychology Psychology’s Subfields Applied Research Industrial/organizational psychologists study and advise on behavior in the workplace Clinical psychologists study, assess, and treat people with psychological disorders

Contemporary Psychology Psychiatry A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders Practiced by physicians who sometimes use medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychotherapy

Close Up: Your Study of Psychology Distribute your time In class, listen actively Overlearn Be a smart test-taker