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Early Psychologists & Approaches
Psychology by David G. Myers (8th ed): Prologue
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Psychology
11th Grade
08/29/2013

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Socrates and Plato
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The Mind is separate from the body, knowledge is INNATE
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Aristotle
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Soul is NOT separate from body, grows from experiences, knowledge is NOT innate
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John Locke
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The Mind is a blank slate, environment influences our behavior, scientists should rely on observation and and experimentation
EMPIRICISM
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Darwin
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Evolutionary process, knowledge is INNATE from natural selection
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Descartes
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How does the brain and mind communicate??
Knowledge is INNATE
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Empiricism
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BACON & LOCKE- 1700s
Knowledge comes from experience, born with a blank slate, scientists should rely on observation and experimentation
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Structuralism
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TITCHENER- 1890s
Use INTROSPECTION, reflect on FEELINGS
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Functionalism
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DARWIN & JAMES- Late 1800s
Considers mental life AND behavior in terms of active ADAPTIONS to the person's environment
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Neuroscience
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AKA BIOLOGICAL
How the body/brain enables emotions, memories, and sensory experiences (GENES + ENVIRONMENT)
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Evolutionary
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How NATURAL SELECTION traits promoted the survival of genes
DARWIN
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Psychoanalytic/dynamic
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How behavior springs from UNCONSCIOUS drives and conflicts
SIGMUND FREUD
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Behavioral
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How we learn OBSERVABLE and measurable responses
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Cognitive
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How we encode, process, and store INFORMATION
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Social-Cultural
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How behavior/ thinking vary across situations and culture
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Biopsychosocial
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How everything is RELATED, multiple levels of analysis give complete picture
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Humanistic
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CARL ROGERS- 1960s
Emphasize importance of current environmental influences on our growth potential, importance of love/acceptance/other human feelings
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