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Introduction to Psychology

Introduction to Psychology. Assembling the jigsaw puzzle: Past, Present, Future. What is Psychology?. P sychology is a word deriving from Greek: - Psyche – “ soul ” or “ mind ” - Logos – “ word ” The scientific study of “people” in “situations”.

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Introduction to Psychology

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  1. Introduction to Psychology Assembling the jigsaw puzzle: Past, Present, Future

  2. What is Psychology? • Psychology is a word deriving from Greek: - Psyche –“soul” or “mind” - Logos –“word” • The scientific study of “people” in “situations”. • The scientific study of affect, behavior, cognition, and physiology/biology. • Cognition: Internal mental processes of the individual • Affect: Subjective feeling state, positive/negative, primary/secondary • Behavior: Any action that can be observed and recorded • Physiology/Biology: How body & brain influence above three

  3. Past: • Philosophy • Thousands of years asking questions about the nature of the mind, soul, human nature, etc. • Then came Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) - Founder of Modern Psychology - Established the first laboratory in 1879 - Campaigned to make psychology a discipline - Applied “Scientific Method” to psychological inquiry

  4. Timeline: Part 1/2

  5. Timeline: Part 2/2

  6. Major Perspectives of Past/Present

  7. Explosion of people, theories, variables, materials, etc. Where do psychologist work?

  8. APA & Divisions These numbers only include “members”, not students, teachers, international

  9. PsychINFO & Categories • PsychINFO is the electronic database in behavioral sciences • More than 2.3 million records as of July 2007 • More than 161,000 records added to the database from January–December 2006 • This link to “Categories” provides good overview of psychology topic categories - http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/about/classcodes.html 4200 Forensic Psychology & Legal Issues 4210 Civil Rights & Civil Law 4230 Criminal Law & Criminal Adjudication 4250 Mediation & Conflict Resolution 4270 Crime Prevention 4290 Police & Legal Personnel

  10. Integration? or Separate Components?

  11. Field is split in halves: Professional Practice versus Research and Teaching Abnormal(affect, behavior, cognition, physiology/biology) versus Normal(affect, behavior, cognition, physiology/biology)

  12. Field of Law/Psychology(all links posted to class website) • Name & Definition - No consensus on the name of field or definition of field • Basic Distinctions - Same distinction exists in Law/Psychology of split between… Professional Practice / Research & Teaching Abnormal/Normal • Research Briefs categories… - Delinquency/Antisocial Behavior - Forensic Evaluation - Law Enforcement & Deception Detection - Legal Decision Making / Jury Research - Mental Health Services - Risk Assessment - Sex Offenders - Witness Issues • Sub-fields - Clinical-forensic psychologists - Developmental psychologists - Social psychologists - Cognitive psychologists - Community psychologists http://www.ap-ls.org/students/careersoverview.html http://www.ap-ls.org/students/careersSubspecialties.html

  13. Field of Law/Psychology(all links posted to class website) • APA - Division 41 – AP-LS: Website: http://www.ap-ls.org/ - PsycLaw: http://www.apa.org/psyclaw/ - Monthly Publication (Monitor on Psychology) has “Judicial Notebook” page • Other Organizations - List: http://www.ap-ls.org/links/professionalIndex.html • Conferences - AP-LS Annual Meeting (2008 in Jacksonville Florida) - AP-LS Programs at APA Convention - Other Law-related societies • Journals - Link to lists - http://www.ap-ls.org/links/journals.html - Link to lists - http://www.ap-ls.org/publications/journalsIndex.html • Schools granting law/psy degrees - List - http://www.ap-ls.org/students/graduateIndex.html - Lists - http://www.unl.edu/ap-ls/student/graduate_programs.html • Grants and Awards - NIH: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ - NSF: Law & Social Sciences: http://www.nsf.gov/ - AP-LS: http://www.ap-ls.org/about/awards.html - Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov/

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