The Growth of Psychology

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The Growth of Psychology
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The "New Psychology" A Science of the Mind

• Structuralism
• Wundt and Titchener
• Functionalism
• William James
• Psychodynamic psychology
• Sigmund Freud

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The Study of Behavior

• Behaviorism
• Watson
• Behaviorism revisited
• B. F. Skinner

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The Cognitive Revolution

• Precursors
• Gestalt psychology
• Humanistic psychology
• The Rise of Cognitive Psychology

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New Directions

• Evolutionary Psychology
• Positive Psychology

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Multiple Perspectives Today

• Contemporary psychologists tend to see different
  perspectives as complimentary.
• Most agree that the field advances with the
  addition of new evidence to support or challenge
  existing theories.

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Where Are The Women?

• Women have contributed to psychology from its
  beginnings.
• However, they faced much discrimination.
• Today, women receive more than half of the
  Ph.D.s granted in psychology.