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Target Goal : To demonstrate and understanding of forms psychology took before & during 20th Century
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The History of Psychology
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-The scientific method -A product of history -Dualism in philosophy
What is Psychology? A set of questions about mental function which traces back to philosophy. -The scientific method -A product of history -Dualism in philosophy
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The BIG Question… Is knowledge innate ?
Empiricism Idea- Tabula Rasa John Locke Nativism Idea- is the view that elementary ideas are innate
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Psychological History is a Pendulum
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A New Science is Born Separated from philosophy in 19th century
Wilhelm Wundt ( ) Leipzig, Germany applied laboratory techniques to study of the mind Structuralism -Mind combines objective sensation & subjective emotion
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Edward Titchener (1867-1927) William James (1842-1910)
The Battle Begins Edward Titchener ( ) Wundt’s student, professor at Cornell University structuralism -Wrote first Psychology Textbook William James ( ) started psychology at Harvard in 1870s functionalism –investigate purpose of consciousness led to behaviorism Keywords: William James, functionalism Structuralism= modern day cognition, id atoms of the mind, introspective study of consciousness Functionalism- modern day behaviorism How do structures function in our lives? Graphic: picture of James pg. 11 of Gray
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I What can I say???? William James Edward Tichener
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience." I What can I say???? William James Edward Tichener
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Behaviorism Debuts Behaviorism- asserts that psychology should only study behavior that is observable (scientific) Emphasis on environment Ivan Pavlov ( ) John Watson( )
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While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the surface of things.
Ivan Pavlov
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Freud & Unconscious Psychoanalytic Theory= emphasis on the unconscious as a behavior determinant - Originally controversial - Eros & Thanatos
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Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.
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Behaviorism Flourishes
B.F. Skinner ( ) American psychologist at Harvard studied learning and effect of reinforcement behaviorism Free Will is an illusion Prominence in 1950’s
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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
B. F. Skinner
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The Humanists Revolt Humanism- Human beings have freedom and endless growth potential Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change
Carl Rogers
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Cognition and Physiology Resurface
In the 1960’s and 70’s emphasis on mental processes ( consciousness) and biological basis of behavior reemerged. PET SCAN MRI
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Evolutionary Psych Develops
In the 1980’s and 90’s Darwin's ideas resurfaced
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