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1 Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)
The History and Scope of Psychology James A. McCubbin, PhD Clemson University Worth Publishers

2 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?

3 Psychology’s Roots Empiricism
knowledge comes from experience via the senses science flourishes through observation and experiment

4 Psychology’s Roots Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory at the University of Leipzig (c. 1879)

5 Psychology’s Roots Structuralism used introspection (looking in) to explore the elemental structure of the human mind

6 Psychology’s Roots Functionalism focused on how behavioral processes function- how they enable organism to adapt, survive, and flourish

7 Psychology’s Roots Psychology
the science of behavior (what we do) and mental processes (sensations, perceptions, dreams, thoughts, beliefs, and feelings)

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

9 British Psychological Society membership
Psychology’s Roots British Psychological Society membership

10 Contemporary Psychology

11 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

12 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

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

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

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