DO FIRST
1. Put either your homework or your demerit card on your desk
2. Have out ONLY a pencil and a red pen when the bell rings.
3. You will have 6 minutes for the reading quiz (surprise!)
QUIZ PROCEDURES
1. Get the quiz from your table’s folder.
2. Dominate the quiz, keeping your answers covered at all
times, or I will recycle your work.
3. Pass your quizzes to the right, and write “graded by:
________” at the top.
4. Mark the answers right or wrong.
5. Circle the number they got CORRECT at the top of the quiz.
6. Return quiz to folder for teacher to pick up.
5 TRADITIONS
1.
Structuralism
2.
Functionalism
3.
Behaviorism
4.
Gestalt Psychology
5.
Psychoanalysis
Who were the major players?
What were their core beliefs?
What were they asking?
What are some key terms?
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BEHAVIORISM
Wait wait wait… If we can’t SEE the conscious mind, how the HECK are we supposed to study
it? What’s that you say? By DIRECTLY OBSERVING BEHAVIOR??? Sounds familiar… Class?
Behaviorists are asking:
• How does one acquire
behavior?
• How is that behavior
changed in response to
outside influences?
I. IVAN PAVLOV
Pavlov’s Dog
JOHN B. WATSON
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B. F. SKINNER
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5 Traditions – TEACH YOUR NEIGHBOR!
1.
Structuralism
2.
Functionalism
3.
Behaviorism
4.
Gestalt Psychology
5.
Psychoanalysis
Who were the major players?
What were their core beliefs?
What were they asking?
What are some key terms?
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5 TRADITIONS
1.
Structuralism
2.
Functionalism
3.
Behaviorism
4.
Gestalt Psychology
5.
Psychoanalysis
Who were the major players?
What were their core beliefs?
What were they asking?
What are some key terms?
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GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
Asked the question:
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How can we study the conscious mind holistically??
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MAX WERTHEIMER
(1880-1943)
5 Traditions – TEACH YOUR NEIGHBOR!
1.
Structuralism
2.
Functionalism
3.
Behaviorism
4.
Gestalt Psychology
5.
Psychoanalysis
Who were the major players?
What were their core beliefs?
What were they asking?
What are some key terms?
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5 TRADITIONS
1.
Structuralism
2.
Functionalism
3.
Behaviorism
4.
Gestalt Psychology
5.
Psychoanalysis
Who were the major players?
What were their core beliefs?
What were they asking?
What are some key terms?
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PSYCHOANALYSIS
The unconscious mind is what drives your behavior
Who was the founder?
SIGMUND FREUD
5 TRADITIONS
1.
Structuralism
2.
Functionalism
3.
Gestalt Psychology
4.
Psychoanalysis
5.
Behaviorism
Who were the major players?
What were their core beliefs?
What were they asking?
What are some key terms?
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EXIT TICKET
Using your notes, independently answer the following questions
1.
Why was Wilhelm Wundt a Trailblazer?
2.
Who coined the term “Structuralism”?
3.
Who influenced most of William James’ psychological theories?
4.
What goes “Gestalt” mean in German?
5.
Who introduced new ideas about the unconscious mind?
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DO FIRST
1. Get out your Ψ notes (aka, the usual)
2. At the top of your notes for today, respond to the
following prompt. You have until 12:03.
1. Have you ever “lost it”, and done something that
was completely out of character? Something that
really surprised you? Write about that
experience, and write as many reasons as you
can think of for why you did it.
2. If you’ve never had that experience, write about
someone you know who has.
OBJECTIVES
1. SWBAT Compare and contrast 7 of the current perspectives in
psychology:
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Behaviorist
Humanist
Psychodynamic
Biological
Cognitive
Socio-cultural
Evolutionary
2. SWBAT Experience the complexity of determining causes of
behavior.
3. SWBAT Understand how psychology’s “Levels of Analysis” are used
to explain human behavior.
THE CASE OF ANDREA YATES
June 20, 2001: After her husband left for
work, Andrea Yates, a Houston mother,
methodically drowned her five children
in the family bathtub. Yates filled the
bathtub with water and called her
children in, one by one, and forcibly
drowned them. She started with the
three youngest boys, beginning with
Paul, placing his dead body atop the
bed covered with a sheet. Last to die
was the oldest, seven-year-old Noah,
whom she later confessed put up the
toughest fight. She told police that she
drowned the children to save them from
burning in hell. A jury rejected her
insanity defense, and she was
sentenced to serve her life in a
psychiatric prison.
You’re the Psychologist…
Ask yourself… What do you believe to be the causes of
Andrea Yates’ murder of her own children??
THE EVIDENCE
Mood disorders run in families, and Andrea’s was no exception. A sister
and two brother were also on antidepressants. A lack of the
neurotransmitter serotonin is correlated with depression. Andrea had
previously been diagnosed with post-partum depression with
psychosis, and had been taken off her antipsychotic medication
(people who are psychotic are described as having breaks from reality)
about a month before her children’s deaths. Her husband even
claimed to have begged doctors to put her back on Haldol, a medicine
used to treat people who hear voices or have delusional thoughts.
THE EVIDENCE
Despite our individualistic Western culture, remnants of our hunter-gatherer
lifestyle still remain. For example, research shows that when a mother
(human or animal) believes that her children are in danger, she will defy the
limits of normal behavior and ability to save them.
THE EVIDENCE
Yates’ family history is full of mental disorders such as bipolar disorder and
major depressive disorder. Although Andrea had a fairly normal adolescent
life, her exposure to family members with mental illness in her early
childhood could have impacted her significantly.
THE EVIDENCE
Since Western culture is so individualistic, the Yates’ extended families weren’t
around to help. She learned that it was her responsibility to take care of her
family by herself, and if she couldn’t handle it, she needed to figure out
what to do by herself. She also may have learned earlier in her life that the
best way to deal with problems is to just make them go away. If it worked for
her in the past, why wouldn’t it work in the future?
THE EVIDENCE
Andrea Yates also had a defect in her private mental functioning—the way she
thought about and perceived her life. She has low self-esteem. At the time
she killed her children, she believed that she was possessed and that the
sign of Satan (666) was marked on her scalp. She told the police that her
children “weren’t developing correctly” and that drowning them was the only
way to save them.
THE EVIDENCE
Andrea Yates’ needs for love and acceptance were not
met in her husband. Sources say that he wasn’t
socially or emotionally supportive. He claimed to
have never even changed a diaper. He left her
home alone with 5 children when he was clearly
aware that she couldn’t even take care of herself.
After their fourth child, the doctors had strongly
urged against further children, but he clearly didn’t
listen and impregnated her with a fifth.
THE EVIDENCE
Finally, the religious environment that the
Yates family was in was very extreme.
They attended the church of a sharptongued, volatile preacher, who spoke
with fervor about the wickedness of Eve
and of all women, and insisted that if a
mother did not bring up her children in
the ways of Jesus, she and her children
were bound for Hell. Andrea Yates was
captivated and convinced, and she
would later reference some of the
preacher’s statements when she
testified in court.
You’re the Psychologist…
Ask yourself… What do you believe to be the causes of
Andrea Yates’ murder of her own children??
Directions:
1. Sit with the groups you’ve been numbered into.
2. Using your notes, BECOME A PSYCHOLOGIST of your
assigned perspective.
3. On your cardstock, write how your perspective would
attribute Yates’ behavior. Use evidence from the text.
You’re the Psychologist…
Ask yourself… What do you believe to be the causes of
Andrea Yates’ murder of her own children??
FOR EXAMPLE:
“As a psychologist of the ___________ perspective, I
believe that Andrea Yates’ behavior can be
attributed to ________________________. This is
evidenced by
__________________________________.”
DO FIRST
The half sheet of paper asks you to consider why
people display pro-social behavior, or helping
behavior. Basically, what causes people to be
nice to each other? Determine what
contemporary perspective is associated with
each explanation.
When you’re finished, review your notes
REVIEW: HOW DO WE GET A COMPLETE
PICTURE OF THE CAUSES OF BEHAVIOR?
Mrs. Ries! Don’t forget to ring the bell for Victor’s insight!
By using levels of analysis!
TO REVIEW…
WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?
Psychology is the scientific study of
behavior and mental processes.
“Psychology” has its roots in the
Greek words of “psyche,” or
soul/mind, and “-ology,” or a field
of study.”
GESTALT
PSYCHOLOGY
GESTALT
PSYCHOLOGY
WHY DO PSYCHOLOGY?
Is war our biological destiny?
How does the brain work?
What should we eat?
Are men necessary? Women?
Can robots become conscious?
Why do we sleep?
How smart are animals?
Can drugs make us smart?
Does the paranormal exist?
PSYCHOLOGIST VS. PSYCHIATRIST
VS. PSYCHOANALYST
3 WAYS OF DOING PSYCHOLOGY
1. Experimental Psychologists:
3 WAYS OF DOING PSYCHOLOGY
2. Teachers of Psychology:
3 WAYS OF DOING PSYCHOLOGY
3. Applied Psychology:
PRACTICE QUIZ!
PRACTICE QUIZ PROCEDURES
1. Put up testing folders.
2. Dominate the quiz, keeping your answers covered at all
times, or I will recycle your work.
3. Once time is up, work with a partner to find the correct
answers.
4. Mark any question you got wrong, and take notes on your
misunderstandings. Ask for help!
5. When time is up, put your quizzes in your table folder for
teacher to pick up
FLASHCARDS
Students will complete a flashcard for each key term and key
person for each unit, according to the following specifications:
FLASHCARDS
OPTIONAL (but highly recommended): A picture
or mnemonic device to help you remember
the term. Can be on either side.
HOMEWORK
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Study for Quiz
Bring pre-sharpened colored pencils
Bring composition notebook for psychology journal
Do Ch. 1 flashcards.