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Chapter 1. Long Tradition Eternal Questions – Who are we? – Why do we act the way we do? – How can we understand and manage others?
INFLUENTIAL RESEARCHERS OF PSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIORAL B.F. Skinner 1904-1990 American Behaviorist Inventor University Of Indiana/Harvard University Influenced.
Prepare DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY: Program 1: Past, Present, and Promise.
Margaret Floy Washburn Women in Psychology…. General Schooling Born July 25 th, 1897 Graduated from high school Entered Vasser College in 1886 Graduated.
The Perceiving Self: Psychophysiology and the Varieties of the New Psychology.
Unit 1 The History and Science of Psychology Why study Psychology? Investigate scientific explanations of age-old questions: Is “out of sight, out of.
Learning Target(S): Define psychology and trace its historical development. Identify and apply the major modern perspectives/approaches.
History and Approaches of Psychology. Let’s Begin Do not expect to answer the ultimate questions of life……. Do not expect to answer the ultimate questions.
Research Methods & Statistical Analysis. Quiz 1. By seeking to measure “atoms of the mind,” who established the first psychology laboratory? A. Sigmund.
The science of behavior and mental process.. Psychology What is it? The study of our inner feelings and behaviors. Do our feelings always match our behaviors?
An Introduction to Psychology One Definition for Psychology The science of human behavior (what we do) and the mental and physical processes that underlie.