Mr. Michael Muramoto Grade: Social Science
What is your definition of Psychology?
Dictionary: The science of the mind or of mental states and processes. American Psychological Association: a diverse discipline, grounded in science, but with nearly boundless applications in everyday life What is a “science” What is the “mind”? What are “mental state”? What are “mental processes”?
Sigmund Freud – Psychoanalytic Therapy Alfred Adler – Adlerian Therapy Viktor Frankl – Existential Therapy Carl Rogers – Person-Centered Therapy B.F. Skinner – Gestalt Therapy Albert Ellis – Cognitive Behavior Therapy William Glasser – Reality Therapy Karen Horney – Feminist Therapy Sigmund Freud
How do you use Psychology?
Everything we do is related to Psychology. Helps us understand how the body and mind work. Helps us improve ourselves and our relationships.
Learning and memory Sensation and perception Animal behavior Cognitive Biological Personality Abnormal Social Developmental Educational Legal Industrial/Organizational
Can you think of examples of what some of the types of Psychology deal with ?
387 BC – Plato suggested that the brain is the mechanism of mental processes 1808 AD -- Franz Gall, founder of phrenology, the idea that a person's skull shape and placement of bumps on the head can reveal personality traits 1869 – Charles Darwin – Origins of Species 1886 – Sigmund Freud began practicing therapy, beginning of personality therapy 1900 – Sigmund Freud published ‘Interpretation of Dreams' marking the beginning of Psychoanalytic Thought.
1912 – Formula for IQ was developed 1913 – Carl Jung began Analytical Psychology 1932 – Jean Piaget popularity of Cognitive Development 1945 – Karen Horney, beginning of Feminine Psychology 1952 – The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual was published 1953 – B.F. Skinner outlined Behavioral Therapy 1954 – Abraham Maslow, developed Hierarchy of needs 1983 – Howard Gardner, introduced Theory of Multiple Intelligences
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