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| First formal psychology research and laboratory, Germany 1879. Focused on consciousness. |
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| First American psychology lab, John Hopkins University 1883 |
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| Unified whole. Introspection misleading, world is more than a sum of its parts. |
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| Inward perception, tried to describe sensation created by stimulus. |
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| Psychoanalysis. Behavior and mental process more than just physical causes. Hypnosis. |
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| Exploration of unconsciousness. |
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| Functionalism. Published Principles of Psych - first psychology textbook. Stream of consciousness, vary among people. Influenced by Darwin's theories of evolution. |
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| How humans adapt to the environment. |
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| Behaviorism. Learning most important determinant of behavior. |
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| Study of only external behavior, abandon consciousness study. |
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| 2 or more approaches. No one method can fully account for all behavior or mental processes. |
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| Behavior and mental processes largely shaped by biological processes. Brain activity; hormones, genes, and nervous system. |
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| Study behavior in natural environment. |
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| All behavior and mental processes relfect unconscious struggles. |
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| Behavior and mental process result of learning. Biological, genetic, evolutionary factors = raw material. Rewards, punishments, etc shape individual. |
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| How people take in, mentally represent, and store info. Decision making. |
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| Humanistic/phenomenological |
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| Rogers, then Maslow's heirarchy of needs theory. People are essentially good. |
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