PSY 11-001 - Intro To Psychology Notes PDF

THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY D-E-P-C PSYCHOLOGY - Taken from the greek word “pscyhe” 1. To describe behavior objectively means mind&soul, “logos” means...

THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY D-E-P-C PSYCHOLOGY - Taken from the greek word “pscyhe” 1. To describe behavior objectively means mind&soul, “logos” means and at an appropriate level. study 2. To explain the forces that give arise - It is the scientific study of mental to behaviors. functions and behaviors. Its goal is 3. To predict when behavior will occur. to understand individuals and groups 4. To control behavior so as to by establishing general principles improve the quality of life. and research specific cases. - scientific, according to the THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF principles of the scientific PSYCHOLOGY method - behavior, which organism earliest attempts were essentially adjust to their environment animistic wherein the gods or the - overt, observable spirits were attributed the power to - covert, not direct or cause such events and observable (can be activities of men. observe through psychological The Greek Influence process) - Mental Processes, working Democritus of the human mind-thinking, - believed that human mind is planning, reasoning, creating composed of atoms which and dreaming could circulate freely and which enabled it to penetrate the whole body Plato - the mind or soul is distinct in its own rights and is Gon-given - the soul is compsed of 3 parts: > REASON (head) > Responsible for our noble impulses (heart) > Passion and desire (diaphragm)  Aristotle THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD - a student of Plato, distinguished 3 functions of St. Augustine the soul: - he introduced and used the > Vegetative method of introspection (the - concerned description of one’s own with basic conscious process) maintenance of life ThE PRE-MODERN PERIOD > Appetitive - concerned Rene Descartes with motives - he formulated a theory of and desires mind-body interaction > Rational - the governing John Lock function - AN essay concerning human located in the understanding - all head experiences may be analyzed Galen - tabula rasa (blank sheet) - contributed his theory of the - you’re going to write dependence of human your own experience temperament on from scratch/blank physiological factors - attribute to different behavior SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY as “humors” or vital juices of the body: Wilhelm Wundt Black bile - - a german psychologist melancholic, founded the 1st depressed psychological labratory at Yellow bile - choleric, Leipzig, germany anxious, irritable - “Father of Scientific Phlegm - phlegmatic, Psychology” sluggish, slow to respond Blood - sanguine, cheerful, unstable