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The Science of Psychology
What is Psychology?
Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
What is a Psychologist?
Where are the Psychologists?
Fields in Psychology
Fields in Psychology
Potential Research Questions
What are the genetic contributors to depression?
What are the best treatment methods for people who suffer from extreme anxiety?
How does brain damage affect an individual’s ability to speak?
Why are some people good at reading maps?
Potential Research Questions
How can psychologists help college students make career choices?
How can we improve the communication between people from eastern and western cultures?
What happens to short-term memory as people get older?
Potential Research Questions
What qualities make for effective teachers?
What are the origins of human jealousy? How can we predict whether a person will
commit a dangerous crime? How can people be encouraged to
develop healthier diets?
Potential Research Questions
What factors make a good manager? Do lonely people have low self-esteem? Are women less likely to be hired as
executives than are men? What tests are best at identifying children
with learning disorders?
Jobs Held by Psychology Majors
Classical Roots of Psychology
Plato and Aristotle 1800s – psychology as a science
Scientific Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt1879, Leipzig, Germany Introspection
StructuralismTitchenerStructure of the mindSystematic introspection
Scientific Psychology (con’t)
FunctionalismFunction vs. structureDifferences rather than similarities
Gestalt“form quality”Whole > sum of partsMax Wertheimer
Contemporary Approaches
BehaviorismJohn WatsonObservable Behavior
Cognitive Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
FreudHysteria
Contemporary Approaches
Humanistic Carl Rogers Abraham Maslow Positive Psychology
Biological Evolutionary/Sociobiological Sociocultural Multiple Perspectives
