What is Psych???

Psychology-psyche-mind/soul; logos-science/study

Aristotle-Father of Psychology

1879-Wilhem Wundt-Father of Modern Psychology
Lupzig, Germany-First Psychological Laboratory

Objectives
• describe-behavior, attitude
• understand
• predict
• control

Methodology
1. Introspection-self-analysis, introduced by St. Augustine
2. Objective
o Direct/Controlled/Formal
o Indirect/Uncontrolled/Informal
o Naturalistic
3. Life-history method
o Daybook method
o Clinical method
o Biographical method
4. Survey or Group method-easiest and least expensive
5. Experimental method-most expensive
6. Statistical method

Branches
1. General Psych
2. Comparative/Animal Psych
3. Development/Genetic Psych
-Child Psych
-Adolescence Psych
-Senescence Psych
4. Abnormal Psych
5. Experimental Psych
6. Differential Psych
7. Dynamic/Personality Psych
8. Physiological Psych
9. Clinical Psych
10. Psychometric

Schools of Psychology
Structuralism-Edward Bradford Titchener

Functionalism-John Dewey

Psychoanalysis-Sigmund Freud
"most of our internal motives are sexual in nature."
sexual in nature-happiness, satisfaction

Behaviorism-John B Watson

Gestalt(pattern,configuration,forms,shape)-Max Wertheimer
"the whole is greater than the sum of all its parts."