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    Psychology began as questions about the mind in philosophy. It developed scientific methods and was influenced by historical events. Key debates included whether ideas are innate or learned through experience. Foundational figures included Descartes who distinguished the mind from the body, and Darwin whose theory of evolution impacted views of human behavior. In the 19th century, Wundt established psychology as a separate science using laboratory methods. Major early approaches included structuralism, functionalism, and psychoanalysis. Behaviorism rose to prominence in mid-20th century advocating the objective study of observable behavior. Later, the cognitive perspective and humanism re-emphasized internal mental processes and human potential. Physiology and evolutionary ideas also regained influence.

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    What is Psychology?

    set of questions about mental functioning


    trace back to philosophy

    The scientific method

    product of history

    Dualism in philosophy

    The BIG Question Is knowledge innate ?

    Empiricism
    Empiricism( John Locke)- Tabula Rasa

    Nativism Nativism- is the view that elementary ideas are innate

    Foundations of Modern Psychology


    Rene

    Descartes ( 1596-1650) How is man different from other animals? Our minds control our body ( except reflex) Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Theory of natural selection (1859)

    Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge

    I think; therefore I am.

    Charles Darwin

    Rene Descartes

    A New Science is Born


    Separated

    century

    from philosophy in 19th

    Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)


    Leipzig, Germany applied laboratory techniques to study of the mind Developed theory of Structuralism -Mind combines objective sensation & subjective emotion

    The Battle Begins


    Edward

    Titchener (1867-1927)

    Wundts student, professor at Cornell University structuralism -Wrote first Psychology Textbook
    William

    James (1842-1910)

    started psychology at Harvard in 1870s functionalism investigate purpose of consciousness led to behaviorism

    If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience."

    What can I say????

    William James Edward Tichener

    Behaviorism Debuts

    Behaviorism- asserts that psychology should only study behavior that is observable (scientific) Emphasis on environment Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) Russian physiologist discovered conditioned reflexes John Watson( 1878-1958)

    While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the surface of things.

    Ivan Pavlov

    Freud & Unconscious


    Psychoanalytic Theory= emphasis on the unconscious as a behavior determinant Eros & Thanatos -Originally controversial

    Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

    Behaviorism Flourishes
    B.F.

    Skinner (1904-1990)

    American psychologist at Harvard studied learning and effect of reinforcement behaviorism Free Will is an illusion Prominence in 1950s

    Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

    B. F. Skinner

    The Humanists Revolt


    Humanism-

    Human beings have freedom and endless growth potential Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

    The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change

    Carl Rogers

    Cognition and Physiology Resurface


    In

    the 1960s and 70s emphasis on mental processes ( consciousness) and biological basis of behavior reemerged. MRI- PET Scan, EEG

    Evolutionary Psych Develops


    In

    the 1980s and 90s Darwin's ideas resurfaced

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