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Unit 1: Psychology’s History and Approaches
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Unit 01 - Overview Psychology’s History? Psychology’s Big Issues and Approaches Careers in Psychology
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Psychology’s Roots Prescientific Psychology Ancient Greeks: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle Rene Descartes Francis Bacon
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Psychology’s Roots Prescientific Psychology, cont. John Locke Tabula Rasa (blank slate) Empiricism
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Psychology’s Roots Psychological Science is Born Wilhelm Wundt (1879) –University of Leipzig –Reaction time experiment G. Stanley Hall
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Psychology’s Roots Thinking About the Mind’s Structure Edward Titchener –StructuralismStructuralism introspection
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Psychology’s Roots Thinking About the Mind’s Function William James –FunctionalismFunctionalism
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Psychology’s Roots Thinking About the Mind’s Function Mary Calkins Margaret Floy Washburn Experimental psychology
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Psychological Science Develops Sigmund Freud
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Psychological Science Develops Behaviorism –John B. Watson Rosalie Raynor
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Psychological Science Develops Behaviorism –B.F. Skinner –“study of observable behavior” –conditioning
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Psychological Science Develops Humanistic psychology –Carl Rogers –Abraham Maslow Cognitive Neuroscience
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Psychological Science Develops Psychology –Science –Behavior –Mental processes
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Module 02: Psychology’s Big Issues and Approaches
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Psychology’s Biggest Question Nature – Nurture Issue –Biology versus experience –History Greeks Rene Descartes Charles Darwin –Natural selectionNatural selection
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Psychology’s Three Main Levels of Analysis Levels of Analysis –Biological –Psychological –Social-cultural Biopsychosocial Approach
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Psychological Approaches/Perspectives Behavioral perspective Biological perspective Cognitive perspective Evolutionary perspective Humanistic perspective Psychodynamic perspective Social-cultural perspective
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Psychology’s Subfields Psychometrics Basic Research –Biological psychologistsBiological psychologists –Developmental psychologistsDevelopmental psychologists –Cognitive psychologistsCognitive psychologists –Educational psychologistsEducational psychologists –Personality psychologistsPersonality psychologists –Social psychologistsSocial psychologists
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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
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Module 03: Careers in Psychology
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Basic Research Subfields Cognitive psychologists Developmental psychologists Educational psychologists Experimental psychologists Psychometric and Quantitative Psychologists Social psychologists
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Applied Research Subfields Forensic psychologists Health psychologists School psychologists Sport psychologists
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Industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologists Neuropsychologists Rehabilitation psychologists School psychologists Sport psychologists
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The Helping Professions Clinical psychologists Community psychologists Counseling psychologists
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