1. Unit 1: Psychology’s History and Approaches

3. Psychology’s Roots Prescientific Psychology Ancient Greeks: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle Rene Descartes Francis Bacon John Locke –Tabula Rasa (blank slate) Empiricism

4. Psychology’s Roots Psychological Science is Born Wilhelm Wundt (1879) –University of Leipzig –Reaction time experiment G. Stanley Hall

5. Psychology’s Roots Thinking About the Mind’s Structure Edward Titchener –StructuralismStructuralism introspection

6. Psychology’s Roots Thinking About the Mind’s Function William James –FunctionalismFunctionalism

7. Psychology’s Roots Thinking About the Mind’s Function Mary Calkins Margaret Floy Washburn Experimental psychology

8. Psychological Science Develops Sigmund Freud

9. Psychological Science Develops Behaviorism –John B. Watson Rosalie Raynor

10. Psychological Science Develops Behaviorism –B.F. Skinner –“study of observable behavior” –conditioning

11. Psychological Science Develops Humanistic psychology –Carl Rogers –Abraham Maslow Cognitive Neuroscience

12. Psychological Science Develops Psychology –Science –Behavior –Mental processes

14. Psychology’s Biggest Question Nature – Nurture Issue –Biology versus experience –History Greeks Rene Descartes Charles Darwin –Natural selectionNatural selection

15. Psychology’s Three Main Levels of Analysis Levels of Analysis –Biological –Psychological –Social-cultural Biopsychosocial Approach

16. Psychology’s Three Main Levels of Analysis

17. Psychological Approaches/Perspectives Behavioral perspective Biological perspective Cognitive perspective Evolutionary perspective Humanistic perspective Psychodynamic perspective Social-cultural perspective

19. Psychology’s Subfields Psychometrics Basic Research –Biological psychologistsBiological psychologists –Developmental psychologistsDevelopmental psychologists –Cognitive psychologistsCognitive psychologists –Educational psychologistsEducational psychologists –Personality psychologistsPersonality psychologists –Social psychologistsSocial psychologists

20. Psychology’s Subfields Applied Research –Industrial/organizational psychologistsIndustrial/organizational psychologists –Human factors psychologistsHuman factors psychologists –Counseling psychologistsCounseling psychologists –Clinical psychologistsClinical psychologists –PsychiatristsPsychiatrists –Positive psychologyPositive psychology –Community psychologistsCommunity psychologists

22. Basic Research Subfields Cognitive psychologists Developmental psychologists Educational psychologists Experimental psychologists Psychometric and Quantitative PsychologistsPsychometric Social psychologists

23. Applied Research Subfields Forensic psychologists Health psychologists Industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologistsIndustrial/organizational (I/O) psychologists Neuropsychologists Rehabilitation psychologists School psychologists Sport psychologists

24. The Helping Professions Clinical psychologists Community psychologists Counseling psychologists