PSYCHOLOGY

THE BEGINNING

ROOTS OF PYSCHOLOGY

• IT BEGAN WITH THE ANCIENT GREEKS:

• HIPPOCRATES THEORIZED THAT OUR MIND & SOUL RESTED IN THE BRAIN BUT WAS NOT COMPOSED OF PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE..

• WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS MEAN?

• DUALISM IS WHAT THIS CAME TO BE KNOWN AS…..

PLATO

•PLATO ALSO BELIEVED IN DUALISM, BUT HIS BELIEF WAS THAT WE ARE BORN WITH OUR TRAITS…..i.e. INNATE

ARISTOTLE

• PLATO’S STUDENT, ARISTOTLE BELIEVED THAT THE MIND/SOUL RESULTS FROM OUR ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPERIENCES….i.e. MONISM

• IN OTHER WORDS, WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE KNOW ARE AS A RESULT OF OUR EXPERIENCES ALONG LIFE.

• PHILOSOPHER JOHN LOCKE BELIEVED IN MONISM ALSO BUT THEORIZED THAT WE ALL START WITH A BLANK SLATE AND IT BECOMES “WRITTEN” ON AS WE GO.

SCHOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGY• IT WASN’T UNTIL LATE 1800’S THAT

PSYCHOLOGY CAME INTO ITSELF AS A SEPARATE DISCIPLINE IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE.

• DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION HELPED FACILITATE THIS.

• NATURAL SELECTION

SCHOOL OF STRUCTURALISM• WILHELM WUNDT’S PERSPECTIVE CENTERED

AROUND THE FACT/THEORY THAT HOW WE REACT TO SENSATIONS SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHO WE ARE.

• BY TRAINING TO BE INTROSPECTIVE, WE CAN DEFINE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HUMAN MINDS BY TESTING, IDENTIFYING, AND DOCUMENTING HOW WE REACT TO SENSATIONS, FEELINGS, & IMAGES.

SCHOOL OF FUNCTIONALISM

• AMERICAN WILLIAM JAMES’ PERSPECTIVE WAS INTERESTED IN THE FUNCTION OR PURPOSE OF BEHAVIORAL ACTS.

• HE MORE BELIEVED THAT WE CONTROL (TO A CERTAIN EXTENT) HOW WE PROCESS SENSATIONS AND ACTIONS.

• FUNCTIONALISTS SOUGHT TO EXAMINE HOW WE RESPOND PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND MENTALLY TO SITUATIONS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.

• THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN BEHAVIOR…

HOW WE PERCEIVE

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiTz2i4VHFw

THE SECRET JUDGEMENT

• LOOK AROUND THE ROOM• IDENTIFY ANOTHER PERSON USING A LIST OF ONE WORD

DESCRIPTORS

• CALL OUT THE DESCRIPTORS, (AS MANY AS YOU CAN WRITE)

• WE WILL SEE AFTERWARDS IF YOUR CLASSMATES USED THE SAME SENSORY PERCEPTIONS TO DESCRIBE SIMILAR INDIVIDUALS.

TEST YOUR INTUTIONS!!!

• Test your intuitions worksheet - Ch. 1 Psych.docx

• hierarchy of needs.doc

FUNCTIONALISM’S INFLUENCE

• DUE TO FUNCIONALISM, WE NOW HAVE SUBFIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY:• BEHAVIORISM

PSYCHOANALYTIC/PSYCHODYNAMIC

• HUMANISTIC BIOLOGICAL

• EVOLUTIONARY COGNITIVE

• SOCIOCULTURAL (NEW)