Definitions
16th cent: study of the psych (soul & mind), Ψ
19th cent: study of the consciousness
Early middle 20th cent: scientific study of behavior
1960s science of behavior cognition
Milestones
1878: G Stanley earns first doctorate in psychology
1879: Wilhelm Wundt establ;ished 1st psychology lab (Germany)
1890: William James, 1st american psychologist, wrote the principles of psychologyWhat refers to the change in velocity over time?
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Contemporary Perspectives
Biological: study of booty and brain mechanisms and their role in behavior, cognition, and sensory experience
Psychoanalytic: study of unconscious drives conflicts in human nature
Behavioral: study of environmental conditions that shape and condition human and animal behavior
Humanistic-existential: study of how people use free will in making choices about their life and personality growth
Cognitive: study of the active cognitive processes that Individuals use in memory, attention, problem solving, and social interactions (“the invisible you”)
Socio-cultural: study of behavior, thinking, & attitudes in different situations and cultures
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Fields of Specialization
Practitioners: practice psychology (aka: applied. psychology)
Academicians: university song, teaching psychology researcher majority are academicians