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PSYCHOLOGY PAST...

PSYCHOLOGY PAST. PSYCHOLOGY PAST. Phrenology. ___________________ the belief that: Different parts of the brain account for specific character and personality traits. - People’s personalities could be read by bumps on the skull! - Completely unscientific!.

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PSYCHOLOGY PAST...

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  1. PSYCHOLOGY PAST...

  2. PSYCHOLOGY PAST... Phrenology ___________________ the belief that: Different parts of the brain account for specific character and personality traits. - People’s personalities could be read by bumps on the skull! - Completely unscientific!

  3. Phrenology is a lot like...

  4. Pioneers ofPsychology Wilhelm Wundt 1. _____________________ - 1st psychological laboratory built in Leipzig, Germany - Credited with making psychology a science! 1879 Who’s that good lookin’ fella with the beard?

  5. Pioneers of Psychology Sigmund Freud 2) _____________________ - Father of Psychoanalysis, a therapy method that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts WHEN YOU THINK “FREUD”, THINK… Sexuality Couch Inkblots Repression

  6. Perspectives in Psych Biological Emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts. - Chemical imbalances - Medications as cures

  7. Perspectives in Psych Learning Emphasizes how the environment and experience affect an organism’s actions. AKA: Behaviorism/Social Cognitive Behavior influenced by Rewards/Punishments

  8. Perspectives in Psych Cognitive Mental processes play a key role in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior. How do you piece a puzzle together? Does your thinking process affect your behavior?

  9. Perspectives in Psych Sociocultural Emphasizes the impact society and culture has on one’s behavior. - Movie Quotes - Clothing Styles - Speech - Behavior - Music

  10. Perspectives in Psych Psychodynamic Unconscious dynamics within a person (such as inner conflicts or instinctual energy) affect their behavior. Your subconscious is in a constant struggle eliminate conflict in your life

  11. Perspectives in Psych Humanistic Focuses on the personal growth and resilience of a person and the peak of human potential. • Very philosophical • Where you end up in life is dependent upon your potential.

  12. Let’s See What You Remember

  13. 1. TRUE or FALSE Psychology’s forerunners relied heavily on empirical evidence.

  14. 2. Credit for founding modern scientific psychology usually goes to ___________________

  15. 3. The psychological approach that focuses on genetics and biology as the explanation for your personality is the _______________ approach.

  16. 4. The defunct science of feeling for bumps on people’s heads to determine their personalities was known as _____________.

  17. 5. Which perspective emphasizes the impact society and culture has on one’s behavior?

  18. 6. The Father of Psychoanalysis is __________________.

  19. 7. This picture best represents which psychological perspective?

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