Module Outline |
Module 1: History and Perspectives in Psychological Science |
Module 1 presents an introduction to the field of psychology. It provides the definition of psychology, and how research in the field can be divided up into basic and applied research. |
The module also presents a brief history of the field from Wundt’s laboratory in 1879 to the present. |
Psychology can be subdivided into various perspectives or viewpoints. Each has a different way to view behavior. Module 1 discusses six of the contemporary perspectives: psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, biological, and social-cultural. |
The module concludes with a look at current day movements in the field. |
Definition of Psychology | |
Psychology | |
Basic Research | |
Applied Research | |
Modern Psychology’s Roots 19th-Century Roots | |
Wilhelm Wundt | |
E. B. Titchener | |
Structuralism | |
Gestalt psychology | |
William James | |
Functionalism | |
Psychology in the 20th Century | |
Sigmund Freud | |
Psychoanalysis | |
Ivan Pavlov | |
John B. Watson | |
Behaviorism | |
B.F. Skinner | |
Humanistic psychology | |
Abraham Maslow | |
Carl Rogers | |
Jean Piaget | |
Psychology’s American Groundbreakers | |
Kenneth Clark | |
Mamie Phipps Clark | |
Six Contemporary Psychological Perspectives | |
Psychodynamic perspective | |
Behavioral perspective | |
Humanistic perspective | |
Cognitive perspective | |
Biological perspective | |
Social-cultural perspective | |
Psychology in the 21st Century | |
Behavior genetics | |
Evolutionary psychology | |
Positive psychology |