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History of modern psychology

History of modern psychology. Charles Darwin. Study animals to understand human behavior Sexual selection – explained structures unrelated to survival Kin selection – explained altruism. William Wundt. Father of Psychology German First Psychology Lab 1874

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History of modern psychology

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  1. History of modern psychology

  2. Charles Darwin • Study animals to understand human behavior • Sexual selection – explained structures unrelated to survival • Kin selection – explained altruism

  3. William Wundt • Father of Psychology • German • First Psychology Lab 1874 • Structuralism- analysis of sensations & feelings through use of Introspection • Introspection – inspection of one’s own thoughts • Found Unreliable & Unscientific

  4. William James • American • 1st Psychology Lab in US 1875 Harvard College • Functionalism – How behavior works to help people to live in their environment • Stream of Thought (Consciousness) The whole continuous & changing • He suffered from depression

  5. Ivan Pavlov • Russian • Behaviorist • Classical Conditioning and Uncontrolled responses

  6. John B. Watson • American • Behaviorist • Emotional Conditioning • “Little Albert” Experiment

  7. B.F. Skinner • American • Behaviorist • Operant Conditioning • Free will is an illusion • Reinforcement & PunishmentsAssociations

  8. Sigmund Freud • Austrian • Psychoanalysis • Unconscious mind & early childhood experiences cause adult personality and behavior • Conscious mind is only the tip of the iceberg • Primitive biological impulses lay just beneath the surface

  9. Carl Rogers • American • Humanism • Fully-Functioning Self • Free Will & Self Determination • “A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning”

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