1. PSYCHOLOGY
PAST...

2. PSYCHOLOGY PAST... Phrenology ___________________ the belief that:
Different parts of the brain account for specific character and personality traits.
- People’s personalities could be read by bumps on the skull!
- Completely unscientific!

3. Phrenology is a lot like...

4. Pioneers of Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
1. _____________________
- 1st psychological laboratory built
in Leipzig, Germany
- Credited with making psychology
a science!
1879
Who’s that good lookin’ fella with the beard?

5. Pioneers of Psychology
Sigmund Freud
2) _____________________
- Father of Psychoanalysis, a therapy
method that emphasizes unconscious
motives and conflicts
WHEN YOU THINK “FREUD”, THINK…
Sexuality
Couch
Inkblots
Repression

6. Perspectives in Psych Biological
Emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts.
- Chemical imbalances
- Medications as cures

7. Perspectives in Psych Learning
Emphasizes how the environment and experience affect an organism’s actions.
AKA: Behaviorism/Social Cognitive
Behavior influenced by
Rewards/Punishments

8. Perspectives in Psych Cognitive
Mental processes play a key role in perception, memory, language, problem solving, and other areas of behavior.
How do you piece a
puzzle together?
Does your thinking
process affect your
behavior?

9. Perspectives in Psych Sociocultural Emphasizes the impact society and
culture has on one’s behavior.
- Movie Quotes
- Clothing Styles
- Speech
- Behavior
- Music

10. Perspectives in Psych Psychodynamic
Unconscious dynamics within a person
(such as inner conflicts or instinctual energy) affect their behavior.
Your subconscious is in a
constant struggle eliminate
conflict in your life

11. Perspectives in Psych Humanistic
Focuses on the personal growth and resilience
of a person and the peak of human potential.
Very philosophical
Where you end up in
life is dependent upon
your potential.

12. Let’s See What You Remember

13. Psychology’s forerunners relied heavily on empirical evidence.
1. TRUE or FALSE
Psychology’s forerunners relied heavily on empirical evidence.

14. 2. Credit for founding modern scientific psychology usually goes to ___________________

15. 3. The psychological approach that focuses on genetics and biology as the explanation for your personality is the _______________ approach.

16. 4. The defunct science of feeling for bumps on people’s heads to determine their personalities was known as _____________.

17. 5. Which perspective emphasizes the impact society and culture has on one’s behavior?

18. 6. The Father of Psychoanalysis is __________________.

19. 7. This picture best represents which psychological perspective?