PSY 2013: Evolution of Psychology

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Wilhelm Wundt	Father of Psychology
1st Psychology Lab	1879 University of Leipzig
Father of Psychology said focus on...	Consciousness - the awareness of the immediate experience
Structuralism	consciousness should be analyzed into basic elements rely on introspection - careful systematic observations of one's own conscious experience
Functionalism	should investigate the function of consciousness investigation of mental testing, developmental patterns, and sex differences
William James	Chief architect of Functionalism - Especially interested in Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection Consciousness is an important characteristic of our species so investigate functions rather than structure
Psychoanalytic Theory / Father	unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders Sigmund Freud We behave the way we do because of our subconscious
Behaviorism Theory / Father	derrived from functionalism - give up on consciousness and only study observable behavior. Psychology needs to be a science of behavior - verifiability Stimulus-Response (S-R) Psychology John B. Watson
BF Skinner / contribution	introduced the idea of free will being an illusion we are conditioned by our environments behavior is governed by external stimuli