Knowing More of Psychology

History of Psychology

Other Pioneers in Psychology:

Aristotle	Father of Psychology; along with the great philosophers of Ancient Greece of 4th and 5th century  BC – Socrates, Plato and others
Rene Descartes	Believes in the nativist view that human capabilities are inborn
John Locke	Believes in the enmpiricist view that knowledge is acquired through experience
Wilhelm Wundt	Father of Modern Psychology and Experimental; and also, founded academic discipline of psychology in 1879
G. Stanley Hall	Established the first psychological lab in the United States
James McKeen Cattell	First professor of Psychology
Sir Francis Galton	Studied individual differences as of 1869

Development of Psychology in the Philippines

University of Sto. Tomas (UST) and University of San Carlos in Cebu	First institution to offer Psychology in the 17th century
Virgilio Enriquez	Father of Philippine Psychology
Agustin Alonzo	First Filipino Psychologist
Sinforoso Padilla	First to major Psychology from Undergraduate to Doctoral studies
Jesus Perfunian	Set up Far Eastern University (FEU) Psychological Clinic
Angel De Blas	Established Experimental Psychology Lab at UST
Estefania Aldaba Um	First Filipino to receive PhD in Clinical Psychology from University of Michigan
Alfred Lagmay	University of the Philippines (UP) Psychology Department Chairman for 22 years
Jaime Balatad	Established the Psychology Department at Ateneo De Manila

School of Thought in Psychology - a group of people who band together with a stand on how we should understand behavior

Structuralism elaborated by Edward Tiechner with the goal of specifying mental structures and analyzing the basic elements of conscious experience and mental structure.

Introspection self-analysis

Functionalism led by William James, studies how the mind work so that an organism can adapt to and function in its environment.

Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud, believes that human behavior is governed by unconsciousness.

Behaviorism by John B. Watson, believes that psychological data must be open to public inspection like scientific data as observable.

Gestalt Psychology by Max Wertheimer, believes that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

APPROACHES IN PSYCHOLOGY

Biological concerned with neurological processes

Behavioral considers on external activities

Cognitive concerned with mental processes

Psychoanalytic states that behavior stems from the unconscious processes

Phenomenological focuses on subjective personal experience of events and motivation towards self-actualization