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1 AP Psychology Introduction

2 What is psychology? Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

3 Roots of Psychology It is a relatively new science that seeks to discover how we think, feel, and act. It has been a formal study for a little over 100 years, however… The first recorded experiment was done in Egypt. Be sure to hit on Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Locke, Rousseau and Decartes.

4 Roots of Psychology Franz J. Gall (1808) – Father of Phrenology

5 Roots of Psychology William Wundt

6 Roots of Psychology William James Functionalism Mary Calkins

7 Psychology’s Current Perspectives
Psychodynamic- subconscious Behavioral – studies behavior/learning associations Cognitive – studies brain processes; how we store, process, and retrieve information Humanistic- pays attention to cultural responses, looks at human growth Biological- biochemistry, nervous system, etc. Social – your environment can impact your behavior

8 Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic Approach
Sigmund Freud Treated patients with mental disorders by talking with them over time to reveal unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses

9 Behavioral Approach Ivan Pavlov was a forerunner, later behaviorists include John Watson and B. F. Skinner Study of observable behavior Reject studying mental processes because private events cannot be verified

10 Cognitive Approach Jean Piaget
Emphasize importance of receiving; storing and processing information; of thinking and reasoning; and of language Like a computer: encoding, storage, retrieval

11 Humanistic Approach Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
Thought humans have unique qualities of behavior different from other animals Free will and potential for personal growth Positive – humans can solve their own problems

12 Biological Approach Focuses on physiological bases of behavior
Looks at how complex chemical and biological processes within the nervous and endocrine systems are related to behavior of organisms

13 Social Approach Study social and environmental factors that influence cultural differences in behavior Examines cultural differences in order to understand, predict, and control behavior

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