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The document provides an introduction to psychology including its definition, historical beginnings, and major theorists like Wilhelm Wundt, William James, and Sigmund Freud. It discusses psychology as both the study of the mind and soul as well as a scientific study of human behavior and mental processes.

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Battery Exam Psych 101 Reviewer

The document provides an introduction to psychology including its definition, historical beginnings, and major theorists like Wilhelm Wundt, William James, and Sigmund Freud. It discusses psychology as both the study of the mind and soul as well as a scientific study of human behavior and mental processes.

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PSYCH 101: REVIEWER MAJOR THEORIST WHO MADE NAMES

IN THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY


LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO
PSYCHOLOGY Wilhelm Wundt (Structuralism) 1832-1920

From the Greek word ‘psyche’ which means He was born in Germany.
mind and soul. And, ‘logos’ means study. He's the son of the Lutheran minister.
Founded the first psychological laboratory in
It is the study of mind and soul. Leipzig, Germany.
Father of modern psychology.
It is also the scientific study of human behavior
and mental processes. Gustav Theodore Fechner showed the
relationship between the physical qualities of a
Psychology is a science. It follows procedure to sensory stimulus in understanding human
make it empirical. characteristics that make sensation possible.

HISTORICAL BEGINNINGS OF Herman Von Helmholtz has a peculiar interest


PSYCHOLOGY in the speed of neural impulses, audition and
vision to the knowledge of sensation.
Roots of Psychology originated from great
Greek philosophers, such as Aristotle, Plato, Ernst Weber began his work that result in the
and Socrates. development of the method of measuring
sensation, particularly sense of touch.
The earliest view of Psychology was related to
animism - (a belief that everything in the William James (Functionalism) 1842-1910
surrounding is inhabited by supernatural being)
Born in New York City
Plato believed that human awareness was a First American recognized psychologist.
continuation of pre-existing consciousness that He was the one who popularized psychology
the soul is governed by behavior and referred to and made scholars of the day recognize that a
3 functions: rational situated in the head, new discipline was evolving.
emotional situated in the heart, and irrational
located in the abdomen. Francis Galton has fathered mental tests and
study of individual differences.
Aristotle, a philosopher, based his study on the
mental life of man through observation, Sigmund Freud (Psychoanalysis) 1856-1939
experience, and memory.
Born in Czechoslovakia, eldest of 6 siblings.
Francis Bacon used objective facts in deductive Close and with a powerful relationship with his
reasoning during the middle ages. mother.
Develop an encompassing theory of complex
The word Psychology made its first appearance human behavior.
in the English language in 1693.

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