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Myers’ PSYCHOLOGY (7th Ed) Prologue: The Story of Psychology James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Worth Publishers

Psychology has Greek roots zPsyche means “mind” and is separate & distinct from the physical body. z“ology”is a field of study, the”study of the mind”

What is Psychology? zPsychology is a science that seeks to answer questions about: how we think feel and act. zThe goals of psychology are to observe,predict and control or modify behavior and/or mental processes. zDefinition: The scientific study of behavior & mental processes.

What is behavior? -Anything an organism does…any action that we can observe & record. (what you see a person do) What do we mean by mental processes? -the internal subjective experiences we infer from behavior, sensations, perceptions, emotions, dreams, thoughts & beliefs.

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?

Prologue: Psychology’s Roots

 Psychological Science Develops  Wundt--German philosopher and physiologist  James--American philosopher  Pavlov--Russian physiologist  Freud--Austrian physician  Piaget--Swiss biologist

Psychology’s Roots  Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory at the University of Liepzig, Germany (c.Dec. 1879)

Psychology’s First Experiment zHe created an experimental apparatus that was used to measure the time lag between a person hearing a ball hit a platform and their pressing a telegraph key. zWundt was seeking to measure the “atoms of the mind”

Key People in the Origin of Psychology  Wilhelm Wundt- ”Father of Psychology” Structuralism used introspection (looking in) to explore the elemental structure of the human mind

Key People in the Origin of Psychology zEdward Titchner: ( ) zA student of Wundt zCreated Structuralism

William James  Functionalism focused on how behavioral processes function- how they enable organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

William James zFirst American psychologist zAuthor of first psychology textbook in 1890, called Principles of Psychology zHarvard University philosopher & psychologist zCreated Functionalism

G. Stanley Hall zReceives from Harvard, the first PHD in psychology zEstablished the first Psych lab in the U.S. at John Hopkins University zFounded in 1892 the APA and was the first president. zStudent of Wundt

Mary Whiton Calkins zStudent of James z1905-was first female president of APA zHarvard refused her PHD degree in Psychology, offered it from Radcliffe zDid research in dreams, memory & personality.

Margaret Floy Washburn First woman to get a PHD in psychology from Cornell University. -Student of Titchner -Second female president of the APA in1921

Gestalt Psychology zFounded by Max Wertheimer as a revolt against Wundt. zGestalt is a German word that means: whole or configuration. Instead of analyzing the elements of consciousness, you must study the individual elements of the entire experience together which creates something new & different. z“The whole is different from the sum of its parts.” zPerception, insight & problem-solving. zMovement died during Nazi Germany in 1930’s.

Sigmund Freud zFounded Psychoanalysis zSchool of thought that focused on how behavior & our problems are a result of unresolved childhood conflicts of which we are unaware of. zAlso a form of treatment for abnormal behavior.

Ivan Pavlov zBehaviorist zDiscovered Classical Conditioning ( a type of learning. Learning by association)

John Watson zFounded Behaviorism-which is a school of thought that focuses on how we learn by studying only observable responses. zPsychology should only study what can be observed & measured scientifically.

B. F. Skinner zBehaviorist zDeveloped Operant Conditioning

Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers zFounded Humanism a school of thought that focuses on the study of the conscious experience, the individual’s right of choice and capacity for personal growth. zPeople strive to reach their potential or “self-actualization”.

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

Psychology’s Big Issues zStability vs. Change - do our traits change as we age or do we stay the same? zRationality vs. Irrationality –what causes our minds to error?

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

 Psychology’s Perspectives Perspectives in 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  Increase scientific knowledge base.

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

Psychology’s Subfields Applied Research  Industrial/organizational psychologists study and advise on behavior in the workplace  Scientific study to solve practical problems  Clinical psychologists study, assess, and treat people with psychological disorders

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

Prologue: Psychology’s Roots  Psychological Science Is Born  Empiricism  Knowledge comes from experience via the senses  Science flourishes through observation and experiment