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Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules) Module 1 The History and Scope of Psychology James A. McCubbin, PhD 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  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  Psychology  the science of behavior (what we do) and mental processes (sensations, perceptions, dreams, thoughts, beliefs, and feelings)

Contemporary Psychology  Nature-Nurture Controversy  the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to development of psychological traits and behaviors

Psychology’s Roots British Psychological Society membership

Contemporary Psychology

 Psychology’s Subfields  Basic Research  pure science that aims to increase the knowledge base  Applied Research  scientific study that aims to solve practical problems

Contemporary Psychology  Clinical Psychology  branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders  Psychiatry  a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders  practiced by physicians who sometimes use medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychotherapy

Tips for Studying Psychology  SQ3R  a study method incorporating five steps  survey  question  read  rehearse  review

Tips for Studying Psychology  Distribute your time  Learn to think critically  In class, listen actively  Overlearn  Be a smart test-taker