Foundations of Psychology

Where was psychology first theorized?

• Greece / Egypt

• Rome / Africa

• Africa / India

• India / Greece

Psychology is defined as the scientific study of

• Perception and Religion

• Emotions and Beliefs

• Mental Process and behavior

• People and Things

Internal experiences we infer from behavior (sensation, perceptions, dreams and thoughts)

• Visual Processes

• Verbal Process

• Mental Processes

• Cultural Processes

Example of a mental process

• Dancing

• Sleeping

• Talking

• Memories

This career does basic research in psychology

• Social Psychology

• Applied Psychology

• Experimental Psychology

• Cultural Psychology

uses books, cases, and experiments published to diagnose and treat psychological disorders

• Experimental Psychology

• Applied Psychology

• Teachers of Psychology

• Cultural Psychology

Proposed that sensations were part of the nervous system

• Rene Descartes

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Brigett Selen

• Joseph Biden

Did the first Psychological experiment.

• Rene Descartes

• Wilhelm Wundt

• Kamala Harris

• Joseph Biden

Devoted to uncovering the basic structures that make up mind and thoughts.

• Mentalism

• Culturalism

• Structuralism

• Breathism

Theory that focuses on the functions of consciousness and the ways consciousness helps people adapt to their environment.

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Culturalism

• Breathism