What is Psychology?
Psychology - the scientific study of
behavior and metnal processes
Psychological roots and development of Psychology as a science
philosophical background
natural science background
Early Scientific Approaches
Structuralism - Wilhelm Wundt
Functionalism - William James
Contemporary Approaches
Psychodynamic
Freud - psychoanalysis
Behaviorism
Skinner - operant conditioning
Pavlov - classical conditioning
Bandura - social cognitive theory
Cognition
Information processing
Behavioral Neuroscience
brain, CNS, physiological responses
Evolutionary
Darwin
Pinker - 1) the mind computes
2) the mind was designed to compute by evolution
3) computations are performed by specialized brain
systems that natural selection has
designed to achieve specific types
of goals such as survival
Sociocultural
Humanistic
Rogers
Maslow
Careers in Psychology
Bachelors in Psychology
Business
Social Services
Research
Graduate Studies
Different specialization
Clinical
Neuroscience
Developmental
Social
Community
School
I/O
Sports
Forensic
Cross Cultural
Psychologist v Psychiatrist