Lesson 1 NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
Psychology comes from two greek work “pysche” means?
Mind
“Logos” means?
Study
Father of Modern Philosophy
Rene Descartes
It is the belief that everything in surroundings is inhabited by supernatural beings
Animism
Who believed that human awareness was a continuation of pre-existing consciousness, attested that the soul govern behaviour
Plato
A philosopher based his study on mental life of man through observation, experience and memory
Aristotle
Making him the first American Psychologist
William James
It is the study of human behavior and mental processes
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology was expounded by?
Jean Piaget
Psychology deals with?
Observable and unobservable behaviors
The year when Psychology started in Philippines
1910
Who was the first to teach psychology in University of the Philippines?
Dr. Henry Townsend
Holistic or Whole approach
Gestalt Psychology
Deals with unconscious motives and irrational forces embedded within the psyche that is thought to influence behavior
Psychoanalysis
Five goals of Psychology
• to describe behavior
• to understand behavior
• to predict behavior
• to control behavior
• to improve behavior