The New Psychology: Early Physiological and Experimental Psychology
And Structuralism
Psy5102-8
Dr. Kornfeld
By: Janelle Jumpp
Table of Contents
1. What do you consider to be the proper subject matter of psychology?
2. What methods should psychology use to approach the subjects it studies?
3. What do you expect will be your most lasting contribution to the field of psychology?
4. What do you consider to be an appropriate role for the field of psychology in society?
5. What particular personal challenges or characteristics, or conditions in the society and the profession of psychology had the greatest impact upon your development as a psychologist?
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Saying that essentially all organisms has descended from a common ancestor continuing the process of branching out. Life evolved from one kind of organism or a few simple kinds of organisms. That each species arose in a single geographical location from another species that preceded it in time.
I then spoke with G. Stanley Hall- who was born on February 1, 1844. Growing up on a farm in Ashfield, Massachusetts. Beginning a career as a teacher in English and philosophy and eventually taking a position as a professor of psychology and pedagogic at John Hopkins University. Then becoming president of Clark University in 1889, where he remained working for twenty years. Hall was elected the first president of the American Psychological Association and his primary interest was in the evolutionary of psychology and child development.
I asked him what he would consider to be an appropriate role for the field of psychology. Considering that psychology plays a part of everyday life it is hard to say that is has a particular role. However the appropriate role is just that. It has to do with everyday life. That it shows the development of children, and even adult development. It plays a part in evolution and environmental behavior. Psychology is a crucial part of life and any other field. It has the potential to be anything because it is the basis of everything that we deal with. We use
1. Think of a time in your life when someone you know was having difficulty. Using that example, choose the statement from the list below that seems most true. Then, for the statement you choose, write which perspective or branch from psychology (humanistic, positive, biopsychology, cognitive-behavioral, developmental, or social psychology) is most related. Then write a one-sentence statement that describes this perspective. (5 points)
Lastly I asked Ms. ABC if there was any aspect of her job in which she felt that there was some use of psychology. Her response was as follows: “When I first thought about this question I didn’t think there was any aspect that outweighed the others, psychologically. After some thought I
Outline the key roles of one professional career pathway within applied psychology and critically discuss two research areas addressed within the chosen career pathway.
1. Please first address what or who has influenced your decision to pursue a career in healthcare?
7. Do you feel you work toward your psychological development on a daily basis? If yes, what things do you? If no, what are the reasons that you don’t?
B. Reflecting on the interview you conducted, what did you learn about their career? In five or more sentences, discuss your interest in this career and how the interview impacted your interest. (20 points)
With these questions in mind, please select a topic from one of the three choices listed previously, and include it in your Research Essay Preparation Template.
By Richard Thripp for Prof. John Beltran, PSY 4604 sec. 0W58, Univ. of Central Fla., Sp. 2013
3. What particular skills, talents and personality traits do you possess that you think will be most beneficial to this project?
Psychology has always fascinated me, learning about classical conditioning (Ivan Pavlov), personality the id, ego, and superego (Sigmund Freud), were all interesting subjects in my high school introduction to psychology class. This subject was very interesting that it planted a desire that I had never forgotten, the desire of wanting to be a psychologist. The dysfunctional home environment in which I grew up also played a role in my decision. Although, I presently I hold a BA in Information Systems, I decided to return to school for my masters in psychology, since it was my first love. Choosing clinical psychology with a specialization in forensic was an easy decision, I love psychology and learning about the law of our country and the United Kingdom. One of my favorite past times is watching television shows old and new alike, such as Perry Mason, The Good Wife on CBS, Law and Order/Special Victim Unit on NBC, and Damages on Netflix. Television shows in the United States and the United Kingdom are not my only pass time, I love to cook, growing up in a Jamaican household undoubtedly allowed me the ability to learn to cook, some of their main dishes such as ackee and salt/cod fish, escovitch fish, curry chicken and much more. My mother also taught me to cook Italian dishes, and within the last three years I’ve learned to bake challah bread. The field of psychology is important to because I hope to comprehend violence
Psychology has always had a direct impact on my life for many years for example, I myself have had counselling sessions for anxiety. Experiencing this has given me a desire to work with people in understanding their behaviour and how their minds work to be able to empower individuals to lead better lives. My own personal experience with anxiety has also intrigued me into thinking why I think the way I do and what can be put into action to improve my circumstances.
What applied clinical problem would you most like to focus on in your PsyD studies and in the PsyD Clinical Psychology dissertation/doctoral project? Tell us something about your knowledge of the relevant theory and concepts, research, and the application of that scholarship to clinical practice.
There were contextual forces as well as work in America to foster the growth of applied psychology. The number of people with a Ph. D. in psychology rose and there were not enough academic positions to employ them, and when one attained a teaching job many administrations did not value (or fund) psychology programs. As psychology was a newest science when compared to physics and chemistry…received smallest financial support, so need to proof that psychology is useful in solving social, educational and industrial problem in order to improve budgets. An emerging societal problem was a dramatic increase in public school enrollment, which opened doors for some psychologists. Thus, the focus of psychology shifted towards the application in solving real-world problem.
History and Systems of Psychology is a course requirement offered to Psychology majors and minors. This course is used to provide majors and minors with the foundation and the evolution of the field of psychology. Within this class, many scholars of discussed. Two scholars that stood out to me in this course would be John Watson and Max Wertheimer. These two particular scholars are responsible for two of the most influential and famous schools of thought, behaviorism and Gestalt psychology. These two schools of thought are responsible for changing the field of psychology and introducing the field to new theories and ways of thinking. Although the two schools of thought are similar in being influential but they are different in many ways. The two schools of thought are even said to be contradictory of one another and one is even said to be the cause of the fading out of the other.
The History of Psychology In order to discuss Psychology's history, it is important to understand that psychology still does not have one unifying approach unlike the natural sciences; even the definition of Psychology and what it truly means is still undecided. However I shall attempt to review chronologically its philosophical origins, include how the science of Physics and Biology were placed in history and how they influenced research and determined the development of Psychology as its recognised today. Beginning with the philosophers Plato and Aristotle (between 428- 347) in ancient Greece, they began to ask