PSY 100 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I. Defining PsychologyOutline of Current Lecture II. What Psychologists StudyIII. Brief History of PsychologyIV. Important People in PsychologyCurrent LectureII. What Psychologists Study1. The ABC’s: The building blocks of psychology.-Affect: moods, emotions and feelings/internal states-Behavior: anything we can observe, see and measure-Cognition: another word for thoughts and also includes judgments, planning etc.2. The sources of influence: How you are influenced by elements around you.-Personal source: your disposition, your experiences etc.-Social influence: society, culture etc.-Structural: the environment without people3. Bio-psycho-social model-Biological perspective: what happens in your body (everything psychological is also biological)-Psychosocial perspective: your history, disposition, judgments etc.-Social/cultural: environmentIII. Brief History of Psychology- 1920’s (Psychology is a relatively young field)The science of mental life: introspection (term used instead of affect) meaning thinking about yourself.Adams of the mind: isolating each part of processes such as memory or learningPsychology in the 1920’s was very subjective- must rely on people being honest.- 1950’sThe scientific study of overt behavior- 1960’s/1970’s (Cognitive revolution)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Push back against behavioral studiesThe “black box”-how you store information in your head.- TodayModern psychology studies both mental and behavioral processes.Evolutional psychology: how genetics, natural selection etc. connect to psychologyIV. Important People in PsychologyA few of many important figures in the history of psychology:1. Aristotle: one of the first people to say we change because of our experiences. Note: psychology may be young as a science but its concepts/questions are not.2. Wilhelm Wundt: founded the first lab for psychological research3. William James: created first psychology textbook4. Sigmund Freud: most popular, very influential, brought up the unconscious. Worked with severely troubled individuals in the 1930’s in Europe. He examined how we understand and help people’s pain. Used psychoanalysis.5. B.F. Skinner (1950’s-Behavioral psych): he and John B. Watson focused on behavioral studies. They made psychology more credible scientifically. Skinner believed everything can be connected back to behavior and ignored personal
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