Lesson Review
Lesson 1 draws to a close. Were you overwhelmed by the amount of material and the number of different ideas presented? Do not dismay! You will likely find future lessons less hectic. If you have managed to understand the main ideas in the lesson notes and are ready to tackle some assignments, congratulations on your endurance!
Lesson 1 Summary - Section 1: Psychology – A Look Into The Past
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To summarize:
• Psychology is the science of human behaviour.
• The goals of psychology are to observe and record facts, to explain data, and to make reasonable predictions about future behaviour.
• The first psychological laboratory started by Wilhelm Wundt gave
psychology status and recognition as a science.
• Sigmund Freud recognized the importance of the unconscious mind and studied it through hypnosis, free association, and dream interpretation.
• Freud believed the personality was composed of three main areas—the id, the ego, and the superego.
• Carl Jung popularized the terms introvert and extravert; he believed
people have both a personal and a collective unconscious.
• The Behaviourists believed it was only valid to measure outward,
observable behaviour; a person is programmed by responding to a certain stimulus.
• Abraham Maslow was a Humanist who described a pyramid of human needs.
• An eclectic view takes bits and pieces from a number of theories.
• Sleep and dreams are both important for health.
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