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What is Psyche
triumph soul
Ology
scientific study of the mind
WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY
scientific study to acquire knowledge.
Scientific Theory
supported by evidence over time
Scientific Theory
testable, perceivable and measurable.
The Scientific Method
empiricism, observation
GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY
Describe
Explain
Predict
Control
Describe
first step in understanding behavior
Explain
WHY is the behavior occuring?
Predict
WHEN will the behavior occur?
Control
HOW can we change it?
STRUCTURALISM
understand the structure or characteristics of the mind (INDIVIDUAL)
FATHER OF PSYCHOLOGY
Wilhelm Wundt, German
introspection
Internal perception
FUNCTIONALISM
how mental activities helped an organism fit into its environment (A WHOLE)
FOUNDER
William James American, Natural Selection
2 TYPES OF BEHAVIORISM
CLASSICAL AND OPERANT CONDITIONING
CLASSICAL CONDT.
Ivan Pavlov Russian, John B. Watson American
OPERANT CONDT.
B. F. Skinner
BEHAVIORISM
how behavior change in certain situation
EXAMPLE OF EXPI;
Little Adam
Electric Mouse
GESTALT PSYCH
wholeness, a sensory experience can be broken down into individual parts
FOUNDERS
Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang
Köhler (GERMAN)
Psychoanalytic theory
person’s unconscious, as well as early childhood
experiences, dream analysis
FOUNDER
Sigmund Freud.
CO-FNDR.
CARL JUNG
3 PARTS OF UNCONSCIOUS MIND
CONSCIOUS
SUB-CONSCIOUS
UNCONSCIOUS
PERSONALITY THEORY (3 PARTS)
ID
EGO
SUPEREGO
