1. Lets meet these men!

2. QofD 9/12 Who is referred to as the father of psychology?
Why do you think he is referred to as the father of psychology?
QofD 9/12

3. Charles Darwin
Suggested that animals including humans have evolved and changed
Inspired scientist to study animals in an attempt to better understand humans

4. Wundt Started the first laboratory for studying human in 1879
Introspection: looking into yourself and telling what is there
Introspection is used today to get info about complex feelings

5. Sigmund Freud
He dev one of first comprehensive theories of personality
Freud saw us influenced by two things
Things we are unaware of
Experiences in our early childhood
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6. Freud
Freud felt that every one’s personality is divided into three parts
ID: unconscious and includes the instinctive and primitive behaviors
Ego: responsible for dealing with reality
Superego: our sense of right and wrong

7. William James Founder of American psychology
Wrote a widely used textbook on psychology
Look at human experiences as a complete whole
Each person is a unique individual
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8. Carl Rogers Most famous humanist
Saw individuals as worthwhile creatures w/ free wil and choices
Actualizing: potential to become something great
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9. John B. Watson One of first behaviorists Wrote a book on child rearing
Goal to teach parents how to apply scientific learning principles in bringing up children
“We are what we learn to be”
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10. B.F. Skinner Behaviorist Focused on what could be seen
Believed peoples are controlled by their environment (good or bad)
Discredited cognitive and psychoanalytic as moving away from science