HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

What is Psychology?
The word PSYCHOLOGY originated from the Greek words psyche which
means soul or mind, and logos which means word or study. (Wikipedia)
History of Psychology
Aristotle
(384-322 BC)
He was a Greek logician and researcher conceived in the Macedonian city
of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern outskirts of Classical Greece.
Pioneer for the Theory of Dreams.
Ren Descartes

(1596-1650)

He was a French scientist, mathematician and a philosopher who spent a

large portion of his life in the Dutch Republic.
Discovered dualism, and the wax augment.
John Locke
(1632-1704)
He was an English rationalist and doctor viewed as a standout
amongst the most compelling of Enlightenment scholars and known
as the "Father of Classical Liberalism.
Discovered the Theory of Mind.
Charles Darwin
(1809-1882)
Studied the evolution of human and expands his study to include humans.
Charles Darwin, matured 46 in 1855, by then meeting expectations
towards production of his Theory of Natural Selection..
Wilhelm Wundt
(1832-1920)
The Father of Psychology.

Discovered Structuralism.
THEORIES & THEORIST OF PSYCHOLOGY
Behaviorism
Ivan Pavlov, 1849-1936.
He created Classical Conditioning.
Behaviorism
John Watson, 1878-1958.
He was an American psychologist who built up the mental school of
behaviorism.
Published the The Behaviorist Manifestro.
Behaviorism
Burrhus Frederic Skinner, 1904-1990.
Pioneer of the study of behavior through Radical Behaviorism.
Believed that all behavior is a result of rewards and punishments in the
past or Reinforcement.
Psychoanalytic Theory
Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939.
Considered neurology, yet dreamt to be a therapeutic analyst, but
constrained into being a private doctor.
Got to be persuaded that patients troubles
instead of physical
problems.
Suggested that misery because of issues that
adolescence.

were because of mental

dated back to

Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalysis: Freuds technique for treating individuals with passionate
issues, free
association.
Unconsciousness: About the majority of our driving forces are sexual and
forceful in nature. Since
we can't acknowledge them in our cognizant,
thoughts discover their demeanor in dreams, slips of the tongue
that show up as accidents, and even jokes.

Humanistic Theory
Abraham Maslow discovered the
Hierarchy of Needs. He believed that individuals' battle is to be the best
they potentially can, known as self-actualization.
Carl Rogers is a Former minister; accepted all individuals make progress
toward flawlessness; some hindered by a terrible situation.
Cognitive Theory
Mulled over how mental thoughts influence conduct. Humanism offers
ascend to the
Cognitive Theory. Studies how we go to,
perceive,
think, recall, tackle issues
and touch base at convictions. Recognize
what's going
on in individuals' heads in the first place, then applies it
to their conduct.
Pioneer of this is Jean Piaget; who studied the childrens cognitive
development.
Cultural Psychology
Examines how mental and behavioral inclinations are established in and
typified in society.
Richard Shweder is one of the major proponents.
Female significance in Psychology
Mary Whiton Calkins
1st female President APA
1905 (memory researcher)
Margaret Floy Washburn
Ph.D. in psychology
Animal behavior researcher
Ethnic Minority Theory:
Gramcis Theory
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