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What is Psychology? An Introduction
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PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL EMOTION COGNITIVE PERSONALITY PHYSIOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT
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Defining Psychology Psyche – soul Logos – study of a subject
Psyche + logos = Psychology Psychology = the study of the soul
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Marriage of Two Disciplines
Philosophy & Physiology Mind Body
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Philosophy Side Soul = thoughts, perceptions, understanding, contemplation, conscious experience, etc.
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Aristotole Tubula Rasa
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Empiricism Knowledge from experience
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Marriage of Two Disciplines
Philosophy & Physiology Mind Body
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Physiology Side Body = physical matter
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Physiology Side Charles Darwin Theory of Evolution
Characteristics (even psychological) are passed on for survival & reproduction
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Nativism The idea that some knowledge is innate
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Problems from Psychology’s Marriage
Nature vs. Nurture The question of whether individuals’ characteristics, behavior, & emotions are a product of genetics or environment Mind-Body Problem The question of the distinction between mental and physical qualities
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Mind & Body Dualist Proposes that mind & body are separate
Mind over body Body = Reflexes (automatic reactions to the environment) Rene Decartes
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Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) Founder of psychology.
Established first psychology laboratory (1879).
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Psychology Today The science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it and applies the knowledge to practical problems.
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