Methods of Psychology

Goals of Psychology

• Behavior in certain situations

• Explain

• Change their behavior

• Describe

• Different ways people behave

• Control

• Cause of behavior

• Predict

Approaches to psychology

• genetics

• Biological

• learn and unlearn behavior

• Behavioral

• thought process

• Cognitive

Approaches to psychology

• give consideration to what is acceptable

• Psychoanalytical

• unconcious desires

• Humanistic

• self worth

• Cross-Cultural

FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY

• •  interested in how, why, what

• Personality

• • differences among people such as anxiety

• Experimental

• interested in diagnosis, causes, & treat

• Counseling/Clinical

FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY

• • processes/changes involved in growth

• Industrial/Organizational

• behavior is caused by phy/chem processes

• Physiological

• • training, personnel, work conditions

• Developmental

• Believed body was inhabited by various spirits which were responsible for all behaviors 

• Abnormal behavior was believed to be caused by possession of evil spirits

• Stone Age

• ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

• Ancient Greeks

• Middle Age

• Believed that inside each person was an even smaller person called ka (soul or spirit); came into existence when you were born

• *Who controlled ka?  ka₂ (even smaller)

• continues to # 7 (sacred number: symbol of perfection, effectiveness, completeness) 

• Stone Age

• Ancient Egypt

• Middle Age

• Ancient Greek

• Hippocrates ( Father of Medicine) 

Abnormal behavior has natural causes like chemical imbalances 

*4 vital fluids 

          Blood- warm hearted, but moody     Black bile- sad

       Phlegm-sluggish, apathetic     Yellow bile- aggressive

• Ancient Greek

• Ancient Egypt

• Middle Ages

• Stone Age

*Revival of evil spirits

*Abnormal behavior caused by possession of demons 

1) Rites of exorcism to drive 

    demons out of body 

2) Leeches or Bloodletting

• Stone Age

• Ancient Egypt

• Middle Ages

• Ancient Greek

Father of Psychology

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Franz Gall

• William James

• B.F. Skinner