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Psych Superstars

Psych Superstars. Psychology Origins. 1 st Psychology Laboratory 1879 University of Leipzig, Germany Wilhelm Wundt 1 st Experiment of human behavior. Evolution of Psychology. Aristotle Source of our personality – the heart Each being has multiple souls

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Psych Superstars

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  1. Psych Superstars

  2. Psychology Origins • 1st Psychology Laboratory • 1879 • University of Leipzig, Germany • Wilhelm Wundt • 1st Experiment of human behavior

  3. Evolution of Psychology • Aristotle • Source of our personality – the heart • Each being has multiple souls • Begins to question behavior and thoughts

  4. Phrenology • Size and shape of the skull • Head reading and character analysis • Bumps = Characteristics

  5. The Devil Inside • Devil the cause of mental illness • Exorcisms • Criminalization of mental illness • Dorthea Dix • Activist • Demanded better treatment for people in insane asylums

  6. Asylum Loony Bin Mental Hospital Madhouse Nuthouse Cuckoo’s Nest Crazy House Institution Booby Hatch Sanatorium Funny Farm Snake Pit Bedlam Rubber Room Psycho Slang

  7. American Psycho • G. Stanley Hall • 1st American psychology laboratory • Johns Hopkins University • William James • Author of Principles of Psychology • 1890

  8. Big Daddy of Psychology • Sigmund Freud • Psychoanalytic Theory • Adult behavior shaped by childhood • Sex and Violence • Interpretation of Dreams

  9. Gone to the Dogs • Ivan Pavlov • Russian • Accidentally studied Psychology • Used dogs to study learning • Classical Conditioning

  10. Works Cited • psychology.ucdavis.edu (Wundt pic) • www.nlm.nih.gov (Aristotle conjoined twins) • www.geocities.com (Aristotle bust) • www.juliantrubin.com (phrenology journal) • www3.niu.edu (phrenology color) • www.creationism.org (phrenology apparatus) • blogs.zdnet.com (devil) • www.skidmore.edu/.../fll/janzalon/freud3.jpg (Freud) • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/asylum • www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/shr0364l.jpg (Pavlov)

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