Development of Modern Psychology

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Development of Modern Psychology

• Chapter 3

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Biblical Anthropology

• A Christian worldview includes a Biblical
  description of the essence of human nature.

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Sigmund Freud

• Played a huge role in the development of
  psychology
• He believed that the unconscious mind controls a
  lot of who we are.

May 1856 23 September 1939
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The Psychosexual Stages of Development

• Stage Age Range Features
• Oral 0-18 months Satisfaction from eating and
  suckling.
• Anal 18-36 months Satisfaction from the anal
  
• region. For example- excretion.
• Phallic 3-6 years Genitals become a source
  of
  satisfaction.
• Latency 6 years-puberty Boys and girls spend
  little time
  together.
• Genital After puberty Genitals are the main
  source of sexual pleasure.

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The Id, Ego and Superego

• The id is present from birth and is the pleasure
  drive. The ego is present from the age of 2 and
  deals with reality by balancing out the ego and
  superego. Finally, the superego is present from
  the age of 5 and is morality (knowing the
  difference between right and wrong).
• If the ego is not strong enough to balance out
  the demands of the id and the superego then
  abnormality will occur.
• For example, if a persons id was stronger than
  their ego then this could lead to them becoming a
  rapist in  later life due to them having a
  stronger pleasure drive than morality.

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Behaviorism

• Man is a very complicated machine that react to
  stimuli in predictable ways.
• B.F. Skinner- all human behavior is determined by
  the environment

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Reductionism

• Reductionism is an approach to understanding the
  nature of complex things by reducing them to the
  interactions of their parts, or to simpler or
  more fundamental things

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Humanism

• Philosophy that centers on values, capacities and
  worth
• Emphasis on the emotional, motivational and
  social aspects of mankind

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Selfism

• Psychological perspective that people should feel
  good about themselves, learn to love themselves,
  and rid themselves of shame and guilt

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Structuralism

• Mental experiences complex structures comprised
  of from simpler component structures
• Early psychologists tried to discover the
  structure of mental processes and the laws
  governing their formation

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Functionalism

• Not focused on structure but on its purpose or
  function