By: Abbey Cameron. Define psychology The word literally means “study the soul” From the Latin translation :psukhē, "breath, spirit, soul" and logia, "study.

By: Abbey Cameron

Define psychologyThe word literally means “study the soul”From the Latin translation :psukhē, "breath,

spirit, soul" and logia, "study of" or "research“

A modern definition is a science that seeks to answer all sorts of questions about us all: how we think, feel, and act.

History of PsychologyThe history of

psychology can be traced back to ancient Greece where naturalist and philosopher Aristotle theorized about learning, memory, motivation, emotion and perception.

History of Psychology1. Wilhelm Wundt- is

considered by most to be the father of modern psychology

-Germany 1879-Created an experimental

apparatus to calculate the time lapse between a person hearing a ball hit a platform and them pressing a telegraph key.

-Measure the atoms of the mind

-Started the first psychological institute

History of Psychology2. Sigmund Freud

Austria 1900Psychoanalytic

theoryPublished “The

interpretation of dreams”

History of Psychology3. (Burrhus Frederic)

B.F.Skinner-American Created operant

conditioning box (Skinner Box)

Radical Behaviorism- no free will

Skinner Box

History Of Psychology4. William James

United States 1890Publishes Principles

of psychologyPragmatismFunctional

psychologyRadical empiricism

History Of Psychology5.Carl Rogers-b1902

United StatesClient centered-

therapyStudent centered

learning

Psychology’s Perspectives Currently there are six major

psychological perspectives that influence the way we question certain topics.

Perspectives are NOT in competition with each other and need not contradict.

1. Neuroscience2. Evolutionary3. Behavior Genetics4. Behavioral5. Cognitive6. Social-cultural

1. NeuroscienceHow the body and

brain create emotions, memories and sensory experiences

Example: AngerStudy the brain

circuits that trigger the physical states of “being red in the face” or “hot under the collar”

2. EvolutionaryHow natural

selection favors traits that promote the perpetuation of one’s genes.

Example: AngerStudy how does

anger facilitate the survival of genes.

3. Behavior GeneticsHow much our genes,

and our environment, influence our individual differences.

Example: AngerHow does genetics

and experience influence our individual differences in temperament.

4. BehavioralHow we learn

observable responses.Example: AngerMight study the facial

expressions and body gestures that accompany anger, or might attempt to determine which external stimuli result in angry responses or aggressive acts.

5. CognitiveHow we process,

store, and retrieve information.

Example: AngerHow our

interpretation of a situation affects our anger and how our anger affects our thinking

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6. Social-culturalHow behavior and

anger vary across situations and cultures

Example: AngerExplore which

situations produce the most anger and how expressions of anger vary across cultures.