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Evolution of Psychology
- History of Psychology
- William Wundt
- First Laboratory of Psychology in University of
Leipzig (1879)
- Consciousness / Awareness of immediate experience
- First to apply scientific method to the field
- First Psychological Journal in 1881
- First Laboratory of Psychology in University of
Leipzig (1879)
- G. Stanley Hall
- Student of Wundt
- Science of Psychology to America ( vital )
- Founded / First President of the American Psychological Association
- First research Laboratory at John's Hopkins University in 1883
- First Journal in American
- Student of Wundt
- John B. Watson
- Founded Behaviourism in 1913
- behaviourism sparked nature vs. nurture
- Nurture, not Nature
- Pavlov's Dog
- Founded Behaviourism in 1913
- B.F Skinner
- Voted most important influence in history of psychology
- stimulus response pairings
- control behaviour of rats and pigeons
- Voted most important influence in history of psychology
- Sigmund Freud
- founded psychoanalytic approach
- work : Phobias / Irrational fears / anxieties
- Disturbances were based on personal conflicts on an unconscious level
- founded psychoanalytic approach
- Rogers and Maslow
- Human behaviour is determined by "self-concept" (animals lack)
- self concept seeks to grow, evolve, and develope
- Human behaviour is determined by "self-concept" (animals lack)
- Donald Hebb
- Cell assemblies describe neural work
- begins mapping of the brain
- cognitive processes can now be observed
- Cell assemblies describe neural work
- Piaget
- studied children's cognitive development
- studied children's cognitive development
- Chomsky
- Studied language acquisitions / cognitive roots
- Studied language acquisitions / cognitive roots
- Roger Sperry
- Discovered that the left and right hemispheres of the brain have specialized functions
- Discovered that the left and right hemispheres of the brain have specialized functions
- William Wundt
- Key Terms
- Structuralism
- Led by Edward Tichner.
- Analyze consciousness into basic elements / Study relation
- Based on Introspection : careful, systematic self observation of one's own conscious
experience
- Based on Introspection : careful, systematic self observation of one's own conscious
experience
- Analyze consciousness into basic elements / Study relation
- Led by Edward Tichner.
- Functionalism
- William James
- Psychology should focus in the function/ purpose of consciousness rather than it
structuce
- Psychology should focus in the function/ purpose of consciousness rather than it
structuce
- William James
- Behaviour
- any overt and observable response / activity by an organism
- any overt and observable response / activity by an organism
- Stimulus
- any detectable input from the environment
- any detectable input from the environment
- Cognition
- Mental process involved in acquiring knowledge
- Mental process involved in acquiring knowledge
- Structuralism
- Seven Major Research Areas
- Personality
- Cognitive
- Social
- Experiemental
- Developmental
- Physiological
- Psychometrics
- Professional Specialties
- Clinical
- Education
- Counselling
- Industrial
- Clinical
- Personality
- Positive Psychology
- Uses theory and research to understand the positive perspectives of human existence
- Individual strengths and traits
- Uses theory and research to understand the positive perspectives of human existence
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Behaviour : Helping
- Does not explain altruism - helping others at ones own expense
- Does not explain altruism - helping others at ones own expense
- Adaptive value for members of the species over the course of generations
- Thought provoking perspective gaining in influence
- natural selection occurs for behavioural as well as physical characteristics
- Behaviour : Helping
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