1. PSYCHOLOGY

2. Definition: The scientific study of behaviour and mental process The personal and unique experiences that influence how they will act and think

3. Psychology Experimental Clinical Psychology Sets up experiments to see howDevelops programs for treating individuals act in particular situationsindividuals suffering from mental which helps determine a normal range of illnesses and behavioural disorders human behaviours and the reasons for them(e.g. Treating dangerous sex- offenders in federal prisons)

4. Brief History of Psychology

6. Ancient Philosophers Ancient philosophers in Greece, China, India began systematic investigation of human behaviour They began to collect and record knowledge Investigations centred on human behaviour and what made people act the way they did.

7. Folk Wisdom Much of humanity was still ruled by superstition and unproven ideas Passed on through generations in form of folk wisdom and eventually proven to contain some truth and were psychologically sound For example: Yoga complex mind and body conditioning began in India over 5000 yrs ago

8. Phrenology is the study of the human head. Theorists believed that by examining the shape & unevenness of the skull, one could discover the development of particular brain “organs” responsible for different abilities and personalities.

9. Birth of Psychology Field of psychology dates to late 19 th century in Germany & Russia Behaviours such as reaction time of parts of body, length of people’s attention span and perceptions of 5 senses were investigated

10. Dr. Ivan Pavlov Famous conditioning experiment This experiment taught us that you cannot speculate about how humans will act without actually proving your theories As psychology spread to N.A. it was influenced by people like Darwin and philosopher William James http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB7CWfGYucs

11. Modern Approaches Have challenged the field with even newer ways of seeing things Influence of female psychologists have forced the profession to rethink studies that sometimes examined male behaviour as if it were typical of all human behaviour This is called androcentricity