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1 History of Psychology Pages

2 Ancient Greece 2,000 + years ago Plato student of Socrates, recorded his teacher’s advice “Know Thyself” Motto of psychological study ever since Socrates suggested that we learn as much about ourselves as possible, by examining our own thoughts and feelings Introspection = “looking within”

3 Ancient Greece Plato’s student Aristotle raised many questions regarding human behavior that are still discussed today Aristotle outlined laws of associationism which is still at the heart of learning theory today Associationism is the idea that mental processes operate by the association of one state with its successor states

4 The Middle Ages Many psychological problems during this time were associated with being possessed by demons and were killed

5 Birth of Modern Science

6 Wilhelm Wundt

7 Wilhelm Wundt Founded a field of Experimental Psychology
Structuralism = Concerned with finding the basic elements of consciousness 2 Categories Objective Sensation Subjective Feelings * Human mind functions by combining these 2 categories

8 William James

9 William James Opposite of Wundt
Functionalism = Mental process help organisms adapt to their environment Behavioral observation and laboratory experiments Functionalism Adaptive Behavior Patterns are learned and maintained because they are successful

10 Psychology Today Sigmund Freud = Psychoanalysis
John B. Watson = Behaviorism B.F. Skinner = Reinforcement Ivan Pavlov = Conditioning Jean Piaget = Child Development Lawrence Kohlberg = Moral Development Etc…….

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