UNIT 1-Development of Psychology

UNIT 1-2.5 Weeks

Myers, Modules 1-2, Development of Psychology


Objectives
Define Psychology
Describe the historical development of Psychology
Define, compare, and contrast the various approaches to Psychology

History
A. Ancients
B. Middle Ages
C. 1800’s
D. 1900’s

Approaches (Introduction)
E. The Biological Approach-Physiological Processes and Genetics
F. The Behaviorist Approach Conditioning and Learning
G. The Cognitive Approach Memory and other Cognitive Processes
H. The Psychodynamic Approach Psychoanalysis and its Offshoots
I. The Humanistic Approach Rogers, Maslow, and Others