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History
Of
Modern Psychology
Phrenology
 19th Century
 The skull takes its shape from the brain,
so reading the surface of the skull you
can read the psychological aptitudes and
tendencies.
 The only true science of the mind.
Charles Darwin
 Study animals to understand human
behavior.
William Wundt
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Father of Psychology
German
First Psychology Lab 1874
Structuralism- analysis of sensations &
feelings through use of Introspection
 Introspection – inspection of one’s own
thoughts
Found Unreliable & Unscientific
William James
 American
 1st Psychology Lab in US
1875 Harvard College
 Functionalism – How behavior works to
help people to live in their environment
 Stream of Thought (Consciousness) The
whole continuous & changing
 He suffered from depression
Ivan Pavlov
 Russian
 Behaviorist
 Classical Conditioning and Uncontrolled
responses
John B. Watson
 American
 Behaviorist
 Emotional Conditioning
B.F. Skinner
 American
 Behaviorist
 Operant Conditioning
Reinforcements & Punishments
Associations
Sigmund Freud
 Austrian
 Psychoanalysis
 Unconscious mind & early childhood
experiences cause adult personality and
behavior
Carl Rogers
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American
Humanism
Fully-Functioning Self
Free Will & Self Determination