Introduction or Prologue

AP Psychology 12

The First Psychological lab was created by __ in 1879

in __By Wilhelm Wundt

in Germany

What discipline or perspective influenced

Wundt & Pavlov?

•Behaviourism

What is the “tool” that Wundt used to help analyze

people?(hint: mind)

• Introspection

Early Psychology was the study of M___ P___;

eventually it was focused on O____ behaviour

• Mental Processes• Observing/observable behaviour

American Psychology in the 1920s to 1960s focussed on

•Observable behaviour

Psychology is a study of B_____ &

M____ processes

•Behaviour and Mental processes

Psychology is a combination of

•Philosophy and Biology

What are the 3 Big Issues in Psych?

1. Nature versus Nurture2. Rationality vs Irrationality3. Stability versus Change

Aristotle & John Locke thought that intelligence & knowledge

was gained through your genes or through your environment?

Nature or Nurture?

•Nurture

Evolutionary Psychology focuses on the fact that

humans inherit traits/actions in order to be

•Successful/fittest

Darwin’s ideas are that we have environmentally

adaptive traits. Is this Nature or Nurture?

•Nature

Neuroscience is a discipline or perspective of psychology that focuses on

•Biology and Chemistry

The Psychodynamic perspective of Psychology

focuses on

• The unconscious drives or urges

The Cognitive perspective focuses on a person’s

• Thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs

The Social-Cultural perspective of psychology

addresses•How a person’s

customs, politics, and economy influence their behaviour

The Perspectives of Psychology are different; so are they complementary or

conflicting?•Complementary