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Where does Psychology Come From? A Brief History Psychology is as old as history and as modern as today Aristotle: Greek philosopher Peri Psyches (About the Psyche)-nature of mind behavior People are basically motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain (modern view) Psychology is as old as history and as modern as today Democritus: behavior as body and a mind Behavior influenced by external stimulation First to raise issue of free will or choice Psychology is as old as history and as modern as today If we are influenced by external forces, can we be said to control our own behavior? Question: where do the influences of others end and our “real selves” begin? Structuralism Willhelm Wundt: debut of modern psych 1897: established first psychological laboratory in Leipzig,Germany Claimed that the mind was a natural event and could be studied scientifically (light, heat, flow of blood) Structuralism Define makeup of conscious experience, breaking it down into objective sensations (light and taste) and subjective feelings (emotional responses, will, mental images) Believe that mind functions by creatively combining the elements of experience Functionalism Emphasizes the uses or functions of the MIND rather than the elements of experience Deals with overt behavior as well as consciousness Functionalism William James (1842-1910): Wrote first modern psychology textbook, The Principles of Psychology Functionalism Influenced by Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” theory The “fittest” behavior patterns survive Adaptive actions tend to be repeated and become habits Behaviorism John Watson (1878-1958): Founder of behaviorism Psychology must limit itself to observable, measurable events-to behavior Behaviorism Examples: Pressing a lever, turning left or right, eating and mating, heart rate, dilation of the pupils Behaviorism Psychology address the learning of measurable responses to environmental stimuli Pavlov’s salivating dogs (conditioning not mental processes) Behaviorism B.F Skinner (1904-1990): Reinforcement: organisms learn to behave in certain ways because they have been reinforced for doing so Gestalt Focused on perception and on how perception influences thinking and problem solving Gestalt Perceptions more than the sum of its parts Wholes that give meaning to parts Gestalt Learning to solve problems, is accomplished by insight, not by mechanical repetition “Aha moment” flash of insight Psychoanalysis Emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud (1856-1939): Believed that unconscious thought , especially sexual and aggressive impulses, were more influential than conscious thought in determining human behavior. Psychoanalysis Thought mind was unconscious, consisting of conflicting impulses, urges, and wishes. People motivated to gratify these impulses and urges Psychoanalysis Freud: gained his understanding of people through clinical interviews with patients Gain insight into deep-seated conflicts and find socially acceptable ways of expressing wishes and gratifying needs How Today’s Psychologists View Behavior Perspectives Biological Cognitive Humanistic-Existential Psychodynamic Learning Socialcultural