2. A Brief History of Psychology

3. Once upon a time….  Animals want predictability  Humans have curiosity  We have always wanted to understand “human nature.”  Animals want predictability  Humans have curiosity  We have always wanted to understand “human nature.”

4. Beyond the mists of time…. Spirits, animal guides, supernatural influences Priests, Kings, and Gods. Spirits, animal guides, supernatural influences Priests, Kings, and Gods.

5. The advent of biology  The ancient Greeks adopted a biological approach to medicine  Hippocrates and the 4 humors  Air, earth, fire, and water  Black bile, yellow bile, blood, and phlegm  Galen’s dissections  The ancient Greeks adopted a biological approach to medicine  Hippocrates and the 4 humors  Air, earth, fire, and water  Black bile, yellow bile, blood, and phlegm  Galen’s dissections

6. The Mind/Body problem  What is the nature of the mind?  How does the mind influence the body?  Aristotle and Rationalism  Zeno’s paradox  What is the nature of the mind?  How does the mind influence the body?  Aristotle and Rationalism  Zeno’s paradox

7. Philosophical Roots  Descartes and the refinement of Rationalism  Reductivism  Bacon, Locke, and Empiricism  Associationism  Descartes and the refinement of Rationalism  Reductivism  Bacon, Locke, and Empiricism  Associationism

8. Wilhelm Wundt  The first to apply the scientific method to observations of human behavior.

9. John Watson and Behaviorism  Watson was the first  B.F. Skinner is the most well known  Behaviorism believes that, since the mind cannot be observed, it cannot be scientifically analyzed.  We can only theorize about the connections between stimulus and response.  Watson was the first  B.F. Skinner is the most well known  Behaviorism believes that, since the mind cannot be observed, it cannot be scientifically analyzed.  We can only theorize about the connections between stimulus and response.

10. The Cognitive Revolution  Noam Chomsky  Demonstrated that language cannot be learned based on behaviorist principles.  Too much positive evidence.  Not enough negative evidence.  Theorized about the innateness of language  Noam Chomsky  Demonstrated that language cannot be learned based on behaviorist principles.  Too much positive evidence.  Not enough negative evidence.  Theorized about the innateness of language

11. Peering inside the black box  Neuroscience  The invention of the computer and the development of Information Processing Theory  PET, fMRI, and other brain scans.-  Neuroscience  The invention of the computer and the development of Information Processing Theory  PET, fMRI, and other brain scans.-