PSYCHOLOGY Target 1: Students will be able to describe some important milestones in psychology’s early development

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WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?

Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

“Psychology” has its roots in the Greek words of “psyche,” or mind, and “-ology,” or a field of study.”

“Psychology has a long past but only a short history.”Hermann Ebbinghaus

SO HOW DID THIS START?

oWell we could go way back in time, but lets start with John Locke! He believed in the idea of tabula rasa

oThe idea of empiricism is born!oLook in the blue box on your desk and answer one of the critical thinking questions in your notes!

THE BIRTH OF PSYCHOLOGY RESTS ON GUYS DROPPING BALLS AND TIMING PEOPLES REACTIONS

PSYCHOLOGY IS BORN!

oOf course psychology is immediately controversialoPsych is broken into different branches:oEarly branches: oStructuralism oFunctionalism

oLater branch: oBehaviorism

STRUCTURALISM: THINKING ON THE MINDS STRUCTUREoMainly devoted to uncovering the basic structures that make up mind and thought-looking for the elements of conscious experience. oStructuralism relies on introspection, or the process of reporting one’s own conscious mental experiences. oAnswer one of the critical thinking questions in your box now!

FUNCTIONALISM: THINKING ABOUT THE MINDS FUNCTIONS oThe focus here is on how people adapt to their environments. oPsychology should explain how people adapted-or failed to adapt-to everyday life outside the laboratory.

oAnswer one of the critical thinking questions in your box now!

BEHAVIORISM: THINKING ABOUT OBSERVABLE BEHAVIOR oLate to the game… sprung up in the 1920soPsychology should be observable and without mental processes. oMost people still agree that psychology should be observable, but disagree about the mental processes part.

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