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 God-given. - the soul is composed 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 - self-analysis/assessment of life > Appetitive THE PRE-MODERN PERIOD - concerned with motives Rene Descartes and desires - he formulated a theory of > Rational mind-body interaction - the governing function John Locke located in the - An essay concerning human head understanding - all experiences may be Galen analyzed - contributed his theory of the - tabula rasa (blank sheet) dependence of human - you’re going to write temperament on your own experience physiological factors from scratch/blank - attribute to different behavior as “humors” or vital juices of SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY the body: Black bile - Wilhelm Wundt melancholic, - a german psychologist depressed founded the 1st Yellow bile - choleric, psychological labratory at anxious, irritable Leipzig, germany Phlegm - phlegmatic, - “Father of Scientific sluggish, slow to Psychology” respond Blood - sanguine, Sigmund Freud cheerful, unstable “Father of Psychoanalytic Theory” “Father of Psychodynamic”