History of psychology

Psychology covers many areas in the scientific world, with some of the major areas being Developmental, Cognitive, Behavioral and Social Psychology. These subgroups go into detail about the human behavior, thoughts, and patterns displayed throughout the course of a lifetime. Though it is said to not be a science, all the properties suggest otherwise, with its basis founded on by Wilhelm Wundt, and research methods based purely on scientific methods, it is plain to see that it is a science. Developmental Psychology is the study of how and why humans develop over their lifetime, exploring the behavioral changes from birth until death. A considerable amount of focus is on childhood, in that most changes occur during this time.When behavior change…

While the general field of psychology is mainly concerned with healing or repairing damage, and what it is that leads to human suffering, positive psychology aims to build positive qualities (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). Positive psychology draws on the use of psychological theory, intervention techniques and research to comprehend the positive, creative, adaptive and emotionally fulfilling forms of human behaviour (Compton & Hoffman, 2013). It is the study of the circumstances and…

Forensic psychology is one of the newest and largest expanding specialties in psychology and the criminal justice system. Psychology, known as the science of mental processes and behaviors paired with forensic, in its smallest form means different scientific techniques or tests, concludes the profession of forensic psychology. But, in order for professionals in this specialty to evaluate and accurately process based upon evidence, evaluations, and assessments, they must have both the foundation…

Behavioral psychology is an interesting field, because it looks for the reasons why we act the ways we do. In this area of study are notable figures such as B.F Skinner, John Watson, and Ian Pavlov. Those figures alone, made grand advances in studying what controls our behavior, as well as methods of shaping – or reshaping – behavior through reinforcement. Behaviorism was influenced by previous schools of psychology including positivism, functionalism, and the evolutionary ideas of Darwin. With…

Unit 4: History of Psychology Centuries ago philosophers began trying to understand and explain how the human mind and body works; they raised many of the questions still asked by researchers today. Questions that ranged from: Do the two, mind and body, work together or tandem with each other? Do we objectively or subjectively study the mind and how it works? What is most important, the natural order of the mind and body or the nurturing of a person? All of these philosophical questions are…

Sports Psychology History Sports psychology was discovered in the 1920s at the Deutsche Sporthochschule in Berlin, Germany, by Carl Diem. It is a relatively new discipline within psychology. Other labs were opened in the mid-20s, one in Leningrad by A. Z. Puni and one at the University of Illinois by Coleman Griffith. He published the first book on the subject titled The Psychology of Coaching was published in 1926. Unfortunately, this lab closed in 1932 because of lack of money. There was…

Psychology was founded on mental philosophy, and uses scientific methods to ensure that it is a legitimate discipline. The history of psychology dates from 1879 however, it does have a past longer than this. The history and the research methods they use are core components of the discipline. Coon (2005) acknowledged that psychology is both a science and a profession, within this, he defined psychology as a scientific study of behaviour and cognitive processes (p.14). Psychology as a discipline…

into a six day nightmare. “The original intent was to study whether the behavior of prisoners and guards was dispositional or situational” (McLeod, 2008). However, what they got out of the experiment was a “situation in which prisoners were withdrawing and behaving in pathological ways” and where some of the guards “were behaving sadistically” (Zimbardo). The Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the most controversial studies ever conducted in the “history of social psychology” (Konnikova,…

Client History and Primary Concept My assigned patient was M. P, a 51 years old male that was admitted to the HCMC psych unit on the 09/09/2015, after he was reported as an unwanted person at an apartment in uptown. He was brought in by Minneapolis police on transfer hold. Per police, the patient is under civil commitment and listed as a missing person in Washington County. (HCMC note review, September 2015). The patient’s medical diagnoses are: bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and…

movements. An example of a prominent personality of Classical Greece is Herodotus, who holds incalculable importance. Herodotus gives an insight of his own conception of the world in which human psychology takes fundamental place. He is also known for contributing to the creation of what society now refers to as ‘history’; an essential tool critical for humanity’s self-knowledge. The traces of Herodotus that he has left behind retain a meaningful place in both the context of Classical Greece as…