1. A Brief History of Psychology Mr. Young 1st and 6th Period
Chapter 1, Section 2
A Brief History of Psychology
Mr. Young
1st and 6th Period

2. Essential Question
Has the field of Psychology evolved over time and if it has, what has lead to this process?

3. I CAN: Explain important trends in the history of Psychology
Identify various approaches to the study of Psychology
Analyze why Sigmund Freud smoked cigars
List and Explain the major reasons why most Psychologists had cool facial hair

4. The Origins of Psychology
Phrenology- practice of examining bumps on a person’s skull to determine that persons intellect and character trait
Psychology has molded from other sciences

5. Phrenology Video
3:30 minutes
1:20 movie clip

6. Historical Approaches
Structuralism
Functionalism
Inheritable Traits
Gestalt Psychology

7. 1) Structuralism
A psychologist who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences
Wundt developed introspection, a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings

8. 2) Functionalism William James, taught at Harvard
Father of Psychology in America
Study how animals and people adapt to their environments

9. Psychology 101 Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW6nm69Z_IE
1:10 min

10. 3) Inheritable Traits Sir Francis Galton
Understand how heredity influences a person’s abilities, characters, and behavior
A person’s heredity and environment interact to influence intelligence
Helped to create modern personality and IQ tests

11. Inheritable traits video
1:30 min

12. 4) Gestalt Psychology “Whole Pattern” means Gestalt
Argued that perception is more than the sum of its parts.
Forerunner for cognitive approaches to the study of psychology

13. Gestalt Theory
4:14 minutes

14. Contemporary Approaches
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
Humanistic
Cognitive
Biological
Sociocultural Approach

15. 1) Psychoanalytic Sigmund Freud, more interested in unconscious mind
Believe that the unconscious mind controls your behavior
2:30 min

16. 2) Behavioral Ivan Pavlov, John B. Watson, B.F. Skinner
When you investigate observable behavior
Skinner- Reinforcement, response to behavior that will increase likelihood or repeated behavior

17. Ivan Pavlov Video
1:50 min
3:55 min

18. B.F. Skinner Video
3:58 min

20. 3) Humanistic Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers
Each person has freedom in directing his or her future and potential to develop
Emphasizes personal growth

21. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Video
1 min

22. 4) Cognitive Jean Piaget, Norm Chomsky
Concerned with how thinking processes, such as intelligence and problem solving, can be used to deal with problems or to develop a healthy personality

23. 5) Biological Biological factors influence our behavior
Modern PET, MRI scans
Genetic factors influence a wide range of human behaviors

24. 6) Sociocultural Studies the social and cultural influence on behavior
Way we think, feel, behave may be linked to culture
Also concerned with issue of gender and socioeconomic status