Title: General Psychology
1General Psychology
- Introduction
- to
- Psychology
2The Past, Present and Future
Psychology
behavior
and
mental processes
3The Goals of Psychology
Psychology seeks to
predict,
describe,
and improve
explain,
the events it studies to enhance human welfare
4Question ????
- What does a psychologist do?
5What a psychologist does!
Behavioral neuroscience Experimental
psychology Cognitive psychology Developmental
psychology
6What a psychologist does!
Personality psychology Health psychology Clinica
l psychology Counseling psychology
7What a psychologist does!
Social psychology Cross-cultural
psychology Evolutionary psychology Behavioral
genetics Clinical neuropsychology
8What Psychologists do!
9Education of a Psychologist
Ph. D. Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology Psy.
D. Doctor of Psychology M. D. Medical Doctor -
Psychiatrist
10Another Question ????
- How has psychology affected you recently?
11The 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
12The Roots of Psychology
monism
John Locke
tabula rasa
13The Roots of Psychology
Charles Darwin
14The Roots of Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
Principles of Physiological Psychology
15Early Schools of Psychology
Edward B. Titchener
Structuralism
introspection
16Early Schools of Psychology
William James
Principles of Psychology
Functionalism
17Early Schools of Psychology
American Journal of Psychology
G. Stanley Hall
18Women in Psychology Founding Mothers
Mary Whiton Calkins
19Women in Psychology Founding Mothers
Margaret Floy Washburn
20Pseudopsychologies
- Pseudopsychology
- Phrenology
Franz Gall
21Pseudopsychologies
22Pseudopsychologies
23Pseudopsychologies
Uncritical acceptance Positive instances
Fallacy of positive instances The Barnum Effect
24Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Neuroscience Perspective
25Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Psychodynamic Perspective
26Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Behavioral Perspective
27Major Perspectives in Psychology
Ivan P. Pavlov
28Major Perspectives in Psychology
Edward L. Thorndike
Law of Effect
29The Origins of Psychology
John B. Watson
Behaviorism
30The Origins of Psychology
B.F. Skinner
Cognitive behaviorism
31Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Cognitive Perspective
32Major Perspectives in Psychology
Gestalt Psychology
Wolfgang Köhler
33Major Perspectives in Psychology
Jean Piaget
Artificial intelligence
Social constructivism
34Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Humanistic Perspective
35The Origins of Psychology
Humanistic Psychology
Carl Rogers
Abraham Maslow
36Major Perspectives in Psychology
The Socioultural Perspective
Cultural Psychology
culture
norms
37Key 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.
38Key Issues and Controversies
Conscious vs. Unconscious Causes of Behavior
Unconscious not aware
Conscious aware
39Key Issues and Controversies
Observable Behavior
vs.
Internal Mental Processes
40Key Issues and Controversies
Free Will
vs.
Determinism
41Key Issues and Controversies
Individual Differences
vs.
Universal Principles
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