What is psychology

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PSYCHOLOGY IS….

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The word “psychology” comes from two specific Greek words—psyche, which means
“soul,” “life,” or “mind,” and logia, which means “the study of.”

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Psychology is the scientific study of how people behave, think and feel.

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THE GOAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IS

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EARLY HISTORY

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WILHELM WUNDT
Wilhelm Wundt is considered by many to
be the founder of psychology.
He laid the groundwork for what would later
become the theory of structuralism.

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William James was one of the leading figures
in a new perspective on psychology called
functionalism.

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HERMANN EBBINGHAUS

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IVAN PAVLOV

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One of the dogs used in Pavlov's experiment with a surgically implanted cannula to
measure salivation, preserved in the Pavlov Museum in Ryazan, Russia

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SIGMUND FREUD
introduced the field of
psychoanalysis, a type of
psychotherapy

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BEHAVIORISM

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HUMANISM

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COGNITIVE THEORY

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DEFINING “NORMAL” AND “HEALTHY”