Intro to Psychology

This topic deals with the introduction to the study of psychology:  The topics you are expected to understand are:


1.Intro to Psychology

  • The definition of Psychology
  • What psychologists and psychiatrists do
  • The history of modern psychology
  • Wundt, James, 

2.The main approaches to Psychology and an introductory knowledge of the Psychologists involved 

  • Psychoanalytical (psychodynamic) - Freud, Jung
  • Humanistic - Maslow, Rogers
  • Cognitive - Piaget
  • Behavioural - Pavlov,  Skinner
  • Biological - 

3.The Scientific Method

  • types of psychological study
  • the scientific method
  • terms associated with scientific study