psy 103 general psychology week 01. week 1: content changes in definition of psychology current...
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Week 1: Content
Changes in definition of psychology Current perspectives Subfields of psychology Four big ideas
Week 1: Learning Outcomes
After this lesson, you should be able to:define psychology (CLO 2)discuss how psychology’s focus has changed over time (CLO 1)describe psychology’s current perspectives (CLO 1)identify four big ideas that run throughout psychology (CLO 2)explain how psychological principles can help students learn and remember (CLOs 2, 4)brainstorm how psychology is/could be relevant in the local context (CLOs 2, 4)
Changes in Definition of Psychology I
Early definitions until 1920s Psychology = science of mental life Wundt – 1979 establishment of 1st psychology
laboratory Watson, Skinner: Behaviorism: 1920s-1960s
Psychology = objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
Freud: Psychodynamic Psychology Psychology = emphasis on unconscious
thought processes and emotional responses to childhood experiences
Changes in Definition of Psychology II
Rogers, Maslow: Humanistic Psychology: Psychology = emphasis on growth
potential of healthy people Cognitive Psychology:
Psychology = scientific exploration of how information is perceived, processed and remembered
Cognitive Neuroscience: Psychology = scientific exploration of brain
activity underlying mental activity
Current Perspectives
Neuroscience Evolutionary Behavior genetics Psychodynamic Behavioral Cognitive Social-cultural Humanistic
Subfields of Psychology
Biological (Week 3) Developmental (4) Clinical (13, 14) Counseling (10, 14) School (4, 6, 7, 8) Educational (4, 6,
7, 8) Personality (11) Social (12) Environmental (10)
Cognitive (5, 6, 7, 8)
Industrial (10, 11) Organizational (10,
11) Consumer (6, 12) Health (10, 14) Sport (10, 14) Forensic (7) Human factors (5)
Critical Thinking
How do we know that? Who benefits from this? Is the conclusion based on guesswork
and gut feelings, or on evidence? How do we know one event caused the
other? How else could we explain things?
Human Strengths
Positive psychology: Positive emotions Positive character traits Positive institutions
Homework for Week 2
Read from Chapter 1 the following sections BEFORE class: 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9 1-11 1-12 1-13
Complete Worksheet 1 BEFORE class Complete Quiz 1 on modules 1 and 2 at the beginning of
class