GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
I. OVERVIEW ON PSYCHOLOGY
1. William James (1890) – Published Principles of Psychology
2. Wilhelm Wundt (1879) – Published the first Psychological lab in Leipzig
3. Sigmund Freud (1900) – Published Interpretation of Dreams
4. Alfred Biret & Theodore Simon (1905) – Developed the 1st standardized intelligence
5. Ivan Pavlov(1906) – Published the results of his learning experiments with dog tests
6. John Watson (1973) – Wrote his book on behaviorism, promoting the importance of environmental influences.
7. Burrhus F. Skinner(1938) – Published “The Behavior of Organism” expanding the view of behaviorism
8. Karen Horney(1945) – Criticized Freud’s theory as male biased and presents her socio-cultural approach
9. Carl Rogers(1951) – Published “On Becoming a Person”, developed the client-centered therapy.
10. Erik Erickson(1950) – Published Childhood and Society
11. Abraham Maslow(1954) – Introduced the humanistic perspective
12. Albert Bandura(1961) – Introduced the social learning theory
13. Roger Sperry(1981) – Won a Nobel Prize for split-brain research
EARLY VIEWS OF PSYCHOLOGY
1. Structuralism – focused on structure of basic elements of the mind.
2. Functionalism – how the mind allows people to adopt, live, work, and play.
Method: observation & introspection ; Proposed by: William James.
3. Behaviorism – the science of behavior that focuses on observation behavior only.
Method: Observation ; Proposed by: John B. Watson
Based from the works of Ivan Pavlov
4. Psychoanalysis – the theory and theraphy based on the work of Sigmund Freud
Method : Free association
5. Gestalt Psychology – understanding of behavior depends on the perception of the configuration, organization or patterns of experience.
Believed that the whole is different from the sum of the parts because the whole has a meaning derived from the relationship of the parts to each other.
Proposed by: Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler
6. Humanistic Psychology – owes
I. OVERVIEW ON PSYCHOLOGY
1. William James (1890) – Published Principles of Psychology
2. Wilhelm Wundt (1879) – Published the first Psychological lab in Leipzig
3. Sigmund Freud (1900) – Published Interpretation of Dreams
4. Alfred Biret & Theodore Simon (1905) – Developed the 1st standardized intelligence
5. Ivan Pavlov(1906) – Published the results of his learning experiments with dog tests
6. John Watson (1973) – Wrote his book on behaviorism, promoting the importance of environmental influences.
7. Burrhus F. Skinner(1938) – Published “The Behavior of Organism” expanding the view of behaviorism
8. Karen Horney(1945) – Criticized Freud’s theory as male biased and presents her socio-cultural approach
9. Carl Rogers(1951) – Published “On Becoming a Person”, developed the client-centered therapy.
10. Erik Erickson(1950) – Published Childhood and Society
11. Abraham Maslow(1954) – Introduced the humanistic perspective
12. Albert Bandura(1961) – Introduced the social learning theory
13. Roger Sperry(1981) – Won a Nobel Prize for split-brain research
EARLY VIEWS OF PSYCHOLOGY
1. Structuralism – focused on structure of basic elements of the mind.
2. Functionalism – how the mind allows people to adopt, live, work, and play.
Method: observation & introspection ; Proposed by: William James.
3. Behaviorism – the science of behavior that focuses on observation behavior only.
Method: Observation ; Proposed by: John B. Watson
Based from the works of Ivan Pavlov
4. Psychoanalysis – the theory and theraphy based on the work of Sigmund Freud
Method : Free association
5. Gestalt Psychology – understanding of behavior depends on the perception of the configuration, organization or patterns of experience.
Believed that the whole is different from the sum of the parts because the whole has a meaning derived from the relationship of the parts to each other.
Proposed by: Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler
6. Humanistic Psychology – owes