Introduction to Psychology (Lesson 1 - 5)

science of mental processes and behavior

• Psychology

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Psychodynamic

first psychological exams

• Emperial Examination

• Imperial Examination

• Qualifying Examination

• None of the above

argued for role of nature in psychological development

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rene Descartes

seed of consciousness is in the heart; nurture side

• Plato

• John Locke

• Gustav Fechner

• Aristotle

behavior is directed by self-interest; psychological hedonism

• Charles Darwin

• Imong mama

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacques-Rousseau

concept of emotion; importance of cognition in human experience

• Rene Descartes

• William James

• Sigmund Freud

• Hermann Ebbinghaus

environment shapes a child’s behavior; nurture side

• Charles Darwin

• John Locke

• Ivan Pavlov

• John Watson

inherent potential; nativism; nature side

• Plato

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacques-Rousseau

• Gustav Fechner

just noticeable difference, first empirical psych measurement

• Rene Descartes

• Diana Rapsing

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Gustav Fechner

theory of natural selection; functionalism & evolutionary psych

• Charles Darwin

• Gustav Fechner

• Sir Frederic Bartlett

• B.F. Skinner