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Psychology’s Roots

Psychology’s Roots. Psychology : scientific study of behavior and mental processes Behavior Mental Processes Psychology as a science How do we acquire knowledge? . PRESCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY. Early thinkers Confucius , Hebrew scholars Socrates and Plato

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Psychology’s Roots

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  1. Psychology’s Roots • Psychology: scientific study of behavior and mental processes • Behavior • Mental Processes • Psychology as a science • How do we acquire knowledge?

  2. PRESCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY • Early thinkers • Confucius, Hebrew scholars • Socrates and Plato • mind separated from body (Dualism) • Aristotle • mind & body are inseparable (Monism)

  3. PRESCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY CONTINUED

  4. PSYCHOLOGY SCIENCE IS BORN

  5. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE DEVELOPS • Psychology is not easily defined • debate exists • New philosophies emerge • humanism • Cognitive psychology

  6. CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY • Psychology’s Big Debate • Nature vs. Nurture • Charles Darwin

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