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Title: General Psychology


1
General Psychology
  • Introduction
  • to
  • Psychology



2
The Past, Present and Future
Psychology
  • the scientific study of

behavior
and

mental processes

3
The Goals of Psychology
Psychology seeks to
predict,
describe,
and improve
explain,
the events it studies to enhance human welfare
4
Question ????
  • What does a psychologist do?

5
What a psychologist does!
Behavioral neuroscience Experimental
psychology Cognitive psychology Developmental
psychology
6
What a psychologist does!
Personality psychology Health psychology Clinica
l psychology Counseling psychology
7
What a psychologist does!
Social psychology Cross-cultural
psychology Evolutionary psychology Behavioral
genetics Clinical neuropsychology
8
What Psychologists do!
9
Education of a Psychologist
Ph. D. Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology Psy.
D. Doctor of Psychology M. D. Medical Doctor -
Psychiatrist
10
Another Question ????
  • How has psychology affected you recently?

11
The Roots of Psychology
Book written by Aristotle more than 2000 yrs. ago
contains material similar to that which is in
your text for this course
12
The Roots of Psychology
monism
John Locke
tabula rasa
13
The Roots of Psychology
Charles Darwin
14
The Roots of Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
Principles of Physiological Psychology
15
Early Schools of Psychology
Edward B. Titchener
Structuralism
introspection
16
Early Schools of Psychology
William James
Principles of Psychology
Functionalism
17
Early Schools of Psychology
American Journal of Psychology
G. Stanley Hall
18
Women in Psychology Founding Mothers
Mary Whiton Calkins
19
Women in Psychology Founding Mothers
Margaret Floy Washburn
20
Pseudopsychologies
  • Pseudopsychology
  • Phrenology

Franz Gall
21
Pseudopsychologies
  • Palmistry

22
Pseudopsychologies
  • Graphology

23
Pseudopsychologies
  • Astrology

Uncritical acceptance Positive instances
Fallacy of positive instances The Barnum Effect
24
Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Neuroscience Perspective
25
Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Psychodynamic Perspective
26
Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Behavioral Perspective
27
Major Perspectives in Psychology
Ivan P. Pavlov
28
Major Perspectives in Psychology
Edward L. Thorndike
Law of Effect
29
The Origins of Psychology
John B. Watson
Behaviorism
30
The Origins of Psychology
B.F. Skinner
Cognitive behaviorism
31
Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Cognitive Perspective
32
Major Perspectives in Psychology
Gestalt Psychology
Wolfgang Köhler
33
Major Perspectives in Psychology
Jean Piaget
Artificial intelligence
Social constructivism
34
Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Humanistic Perspective
35
The Origins of Psychology
Humanistic Psychology
Carl Rogers
Abraham Maslow
36
Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Socioultural Perspective
Cultural Psychology
culture
norms
37
Key Issues and Controversies
Nature vs. Nurture
Nature refers to the range of traits,
capacities and limitations that each person
inherits genetically.
Nurture refers to all the environmental
influences.
38
Key Issues and Controversies
Conscious vs. Unconscious Causes of Behavior
Unconscious not aware
Conscious aware
39
Key Issues and Controversies
Observable Behavior
vs.
Internal Mental Processes
40
Key Issues and Controversies
Free Will
vs.
Determinism
41
Key Issues and Controversies
Individual Differences
vs.
Universal Principles
42
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