1. Major Perspectives of Psychology (a preview)

2. Ancient Roots Archaeologists have found evidence of trephination – Stone Age humans carving holes in the skull to release evil spirits.

3. Trephening

4. The Greeks Plato and Democritus theorized about the relationship between thought and behavior.

5. Phrenology Old quacks used to predict personality based on the bumps on your head.

6. However, thinking about psychology is different than scientifically studying it.

7. Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) Founder of Structuralism – studied consciousness using the technique of introspection, studying your own thoughts Psychology began in Germany. But most is here in USA, today First to do psych experiments.

8. William James (functionalism) This approach says our mind is a product of our environment Influenced by Darwin Influenced Behaviorists. Consciousness cannot be studied.

9. The History & Scope of Psychology

10. Psychology’s Perspectives The Big Seven

11. Neuroscience Perspective Biology explains everything!. If you could not remember the names of your parents and went to a psychologist who adheres to the neuroscience perspective, what might they say?

12. Evolutionary Perspective Focuses on Darwinism. We behave the way we do because we inherited those behaviors. Thus, those behaviors must have helped ensure our ancestors’ survival. How could this behavior ensured Homer’s ancestors survival?

13. Psychodynamic Perspective Fathered by Sigmund Freud. Our behavior comes from unconscious drives. Usually stemming from our childhood. What might a psychoanalyst say is the reason someone always needs to be chewing gum?

14. Behavioral Perspective Focuses on our OBSERVABLE behaviors. Focus on rewards and punishments. If you bit your fingernails when you were nervous, a behaviorist would not focus on calming you down, but rather focus on how to stop you from biting your nails.

15. Cognitive Perspective Focuses on how we think (or encode information) How do we see the world? How did we learn to act to sad or happy events? Cognitive Therapist attempt to change the way you think. Meet girl Get Rejected by girl Did you learn to be depressed Or get back on the horse

16. Social-Cultural Perspective Focus on how your culture affects your behavior. Even in the same high school, behaviors can change in accordance to the various subcultures.

17. Humanistic Perspective Focuses on positive growth Attempt to seek self-actualization (be all you can be) (think hippies) Mr. Rogers would have made a great Humanistic Therapist!!!