EARLY ROOTS OF
PSYCHOLOGY
PROBLEM 1
LEARNING GOALS
WHAT DID THE MENTIONED PHILOSOPHERS THINK ABOUT
KNOWLEDGE AND THE MIND?
,LECTURE 1
INTRODUCTION
We will look at why psychology is a scientific discipline,
where did it come from and what it is as a profession
40 multiple choice exam
Watch online lectures on Monday mornings to help with
philosophical lectures- primes for week, on campus lectures-
for further guidance
WEEKLY OVERVIEWS
WEEK 1- PREDECESSORS OF PSYCHOLOGY
1. Early roots of psychology
2. Mind body problem
WEEK 2- HISTORY OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY
3. Birth of psychology
4. Psychology in the 20th century
WEEK 3- WHAT IS SCIENCE?
5. What is science?
6. Philosophy of science
WEEK 4- PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE, METHOD OF
PSYCHOLOGY
7. Psychological research
8. Do we need psychology
2
, GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY
- Describe behaviour- understand or explain- predict
behaviour- control and modify behaviour
Psychology is an old discipline – greek philosophers
addressed this question- mind body problem- introspection-
epistemology- free will problem/ old medicine- depression
and melancholia- anxiety- other psychiatric
Wilhelm He opened the first experimental lab in
Wundt psychology in 1878 in Germany
APA established in 1892
Plato Truth has two properties
Rationalist 1) It must be true in all times and places
2) It must be rationally justifiable
- To find truth in through logical
reasoning rationalism
- Knowledge comes from one’s
immortal soul—> not a classical
dualist
Aristotle Relied in info via observation and the
senses for knowledge
Empiricist
- All beings have souls, which animate
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PSYCHOLOGY
PROBLEM 1
LEARNING GOALS
WHAT DID THE MENTIONED PHILOSOPHERS THINK ABOUT
KNOWLEDGE AND THE MIND?
,LECTURE 1
INTRODUCTION
We will look at why psychology is a scientific discipline,
where did it come from and what it is as a profession
40 multiple choice exam
Watch online lectures on Monday mornings to help with
philosophical lectures- primes for week, on campus lectures-
for further guidance
WEEKLY OVERVIEWS
WEEK 1- PREDECESSORS OF PSYCHOLOGY
1. Early roots of psychology
2. Mind body problem
WEEK 2- HISTORY OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY
3. Birth of psychology
4. Psychology in the 20th century
WEEK 3- WHAT IS SCIENCE?
5. What is science?
6. Philosophy of science
WEEK 4- PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE, METHOD OF
PSYCHOLOGY
7. Psychological research
8. Do we need psychology
2
, GOALS OF PSYCHOLOGY
- Describe behaviour- understand or explain- predict
behaviour- control and modify behaviour
Psychology is an old discipline – greek philosophers
addressed this question- mind body problem- introspection-
epistemology- free will problem/ old medicine- depression
and melancholia- anxiety- other psychiatric
Wilhelm He opened the first experimental lab in
Wundt psychology in 1878 in Germany
APA established in 1892
Plato Truth has two properties
Rationalist 1) It must be true in all times and places
2) It must be rationally justifiable
- To find truth in through logical
reasoning rationalism
- Knowledge comes from one’s
immortal soul—> not a classical
dualist
Aristotle Relied in info via observation and the
senses for knowledge
Empiricist
- All beings have souls, which animate
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