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1 Unit 1. History and Approaches
College Board - “Acorn Book” Course Description 2-4% Unit I History and Approaches

2 Summary Outline A. Logic, Philosophy, and History of Science
B. Approaches 1. Biological 2. Behavioral 3. Cognitive 4. Humanistic 5. Psychodynamic 6. Socio-cultural 7. Evolutionary Unit I History and Approaches

3 Determinants of behavior
Approach Determinants of behavior Focus Biological Hereditary / Biochemical process Brain and nervous system processes Genetics Hormones Behavioral Environment / Stimulus conditions Specific overt responses Cognitive Stimulus conditions / mental processes Mental processes / language Humanistic Potentially self-directed Human experience and potentials Psychodynamic Heredity / Early experiences Unconscious drives / Conflicts Sociocultural Cultural Norms Cross-cultural patterns of attitudes and behaviors Evolutionary Natural Selection / Adaptive Success behavior in terms of adaptive value in a species Unit I History and Approaches

4 History of Psychology Structuralism Wilhelm Wundt Edward Titchener
Functionalism (William James) Gestalt Psychology (Max Wertheimer) Unconscious Influences (Sigmund Freud) Behaviorism (John Watson) Cognitive Revolution (George Miller) Social Psychology (Kurt Levin) Unit I History and Approaches

5 Structuralism Influenced by work of Wilhelm Wundt Edward Titchener
Strengths The first major school of thought in psychology Strong influence on experimental psychology Weaknesses Concentration on consciousness Experimental methods were too subjective Concentration on internal behavior (introspection) Unit I History and Approaches

6 Structuralism Wundt Titchener Unit I History and Approaches

7 Structuralism Wundt Titchener
The start of modern psychology -1879, Wundt established the first formal psychology research laboratory - University of Leipzig, Germany Method of introspection to observe conscious experience Titchener Englishman who studied with Wundt Introduced concept of “structuralism” Created laboratory at Cornell University Unit I History and Approaches

8 Functionalism Major influence on Strong influence on Behaviorism
Applied Psychology Strong influence on The educational system The philosophy of John Dewey The belief that children should learn at the level for which they are developmentally prepared Influenced by work of William James Charles Darwin Sought to explain mental processes in a more systematic and accurate manner Focused on the purposes of consciousness and behavior Unit I History and Approaches

9 Functionalism William James Unit I History and Approaches

10 Gestalt Psychology Reaction to the reductinism of Wundt Max Wertheimer
the word Gestalt means a unified or meaningful whole based on the observation that we often experience things that are not a part of our simple sensations Max Wertheimer Wolfgang Köhler Kurt Koffka Unit I History and Approaches

11 phi phenomenon Werthimer noted that we perceive motion where there is nothing more than a rapid sequence of individual sensory events. Experimented with lights flashing in rapid succession Examples: Christmas lights that blink off and on Neon signs in Las Vegas Basic principle of motion pictures – individual still pictures in rapid succession Unit I History and Approaches

12 Unconscious Influences
And that these unconscious urges, desires, and memories have a direct impact on our emotions and behavior Freud placed a great deal of emphasis on the sexual nature of the unconscious Sigmund Freud Conscious, subconscious, and unconscious Theory that much of our minds thinking and memory are not accessible to our awareness Unit I History and Approaches

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Group photo in front of Clark University Sigmund Freud, G. Stanley Hall, Carl Jung; Back row: Abraham A. Brill, Ernest Jones, Sándor Ferenczi. Photo taken for Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts publication. Unit I History and Approaches

14 Unit I History and Approaches

15 Behaviorism Reaction to Freud’s emphasis on the unconscious
Reaction to much of psychology which was not considered objective or scientific Ivan Pavlov, John Watson, Clark Hull, B.F. Skinner Theory that all behaviors are learned, or acquired through conditioning Behavior can be studied in a systematic and observable manner with no consideration of internal mental states Unit I History and Approaches

16 Cognitive Psychology George A Miller
Investigates internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language Foundations in Gestalt psychology and Jean Piaget Ulric Neisser coined the term in 1967 In part a reaction to behaviorism George A Miller "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information“ (1956) Unit I History and Approaches

17 Social Situations / Group Dynamics
Field Theory Looking at the factors (forces) that influence a situation, originally social situations Leadership and management Authoritarian, democratic, and laissez-faire work environments Kurt Lewin was one of the modern pioneers in Social psychology Organizational psychology Applied psychology Often seen as the founder of social psychology Unit I History and Approaches

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