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1 EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (7th Edition in Modules) David Myers PowerPoint Slides Aneeq Ahmad Henderson State University Worth Publishers, © 2008
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EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY(7th Edition in Modules)

David MyersPowerPoint Slides

Aneeq AhmadHenderson State

University

Worth Publishers, © 2008

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The History and Scope of Psychology

Module 1

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The History and Scope of Psychology

What is Psychology? Psychology’s Roots Contemporary Psychology Tips for Studying Psychology

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Psychology With hopes of satisfying curiosity, many people listen to talk-radio counselors and psychics to

learn about others and themselves.

Dr. Crane (radio-shrink)

http://www.nbc.com

http://www.photovault.com

Psychic (Ball gazing)

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Psychology’s RootsAristotle (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle, a naturalist and philosopher, theorized about psychology’s concepts. He suggested that the soul and body are not separate and that knowledge grows from

experience.

http://faculty.washington.edu

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Psychological Science is Born

Wundt and psychology’s first graduate students

studied the “atoms of the mind” by conducting

experiments at Leipzig, Germany, in 1879. This work is

considered the birth of psychology as we know

it today.

Wundt (1832-1920)

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Psychological Science is Born

American philosopher William James wrote an important 1890 psychology textbook. Mary

Calkins, James’s student, became the APA’s first female president.

James (1842-1910)

Mary C

alkins

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Psychological Science is Born

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian physician, and his followers emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind and its effects on human

behavior.

Freud (1856-1939)

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Psychological Science is Born

Psychology originated in many disciplines and countries. It was, until the 1920s, defined as the science of

mental life.

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Psychological Science DevelopsBehaviorists

Watson and later Skinner emphasized the study of overt behavior as the subject

matter of scientific psychology.

Watson (1878-1958)

Skinner (1904-1990)

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Psychological Science Develops

Humanistic Psychology

Maslow and Rogers emphasized current environmental influences on our growth

potential and our need for love and acceptance.

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w.carlrogers.dk

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Psychology Today

We define psychology today as the scientific study of behavior (what we

do) and mental processes (inner thoughts and feelings).

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Psychological Associations & Societies

The American Psychological Association is the largest organization of psychology with 160,000

members world-wide, followed by the British Psychological Society with 34,000 members.

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Psychology’s Big Question

Nature versus Nurture

The controversy over the relative contributions of biology and experience.

Nurture works on what nature endows.

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Psychology’s Three Main Levels of Analysis

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Psychology’s Current Perspectives

Perspective Focus Sample QuestionsNeuroscience How the body and

brain enables emotions?

How are messages transmitted in the body? How is blood chemistry linked with moods and motives?

Evolutionary How the natural selection of traits promotes the perpetuation of one’s genes?

How does evolution influence behavior tendencies?

Behavior genetics

How much our genes and our environments influence our individual differences?

To what extent are psychological traits such as intelligence, personality, sexual orientation, and vulnerability to depression attributable to our genes? To our environment?

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Psychology’s Current Perspectives

Perspective Focus Sample QuestionsPsychodynamic

How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts?

How can someone’s personality traits and disorders be explained in terms of sexual and aggressive drives or as disguised effects of unfulfilled wishes and childhood traumas?

Behavioral How we learn observable responses?

How do we learn to fear particular objects or situations? What is the most effective way to alter our behavior, say to lose weight or quit smoking?

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Psychology’s Current Perspectives

Perspective Focus Sample QuestionsCognitive How we encode,

process, store and retrieve information?

How do we use information in remembering? Reasoning? Problem solving?

Social-cultural

How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures?

How are we — as Africans, Asians, Australians or North Americans – alike as members of human family? As products of different environmental contexts, how do we differ?

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Psychology’s Subfields: Research

Psychologists What they do

Biological Explore the links between brain and mind.

Developmental Study changing abilities from womb to tomb.

Cognitive Study how we perceive, think, and solve problems.

Personality Investigate our persistent traits.

Social Explore how we view and affect one another.

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Psychology’s Subfields: Research

Data: APA 1997

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Psychology’s Subfields: Applied

Psychologists What they do

Clinical Studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders

Counseling Helps people cope with academic, vocational, and marital challenges.

Educational Studies and helps individuals in school and educational settings

Industrial/Organizational

Studies and advises on behavior in the workplace.

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Psychology’s Subfields: Applied

Data: APA 1997

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A clinical psychologist (Ph.D.) studies, assesses, and treats troubled people with

psychotherapy.

Psychiatrists on the other hand are medical professionals (M.D.) who use treatments

like drugs and psychotherapy to treat psychologically diseased patients.

Clinical Psychology vs. Psychiatry

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Survey: What you are about to read, including chapter outlines and section heads.

Question: Ask questions. Make notes. Read: Look for the answer to your questions by

reading a manageable amount at a time. Rehearse: Recall what you’ve read in your own

words. Test yourself with quizzes. Review: What you learn. Read over notes and

quickly review the whole chapter.

Tips for Studying PsychologyPsychology can teach you how to ask and answer

important questions.Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse and Review

(SQ3R)

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Distribute your time. Learn to think critically. Listen actively in class. Overlearn. Be a smart test-taker.

Tips for Studying Psychology

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