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Psychology The Science of Behavior and Mental Processes Socrates and Plato thought the mind and body were separate and that the mind goes on after death. Also thought Knowledge was innate. Aristotle student of Plato; thought knowledge was obtained through experiences Rene Descartes thought the mind and body were separate John Locke thought a mind at birth was a blank slate. helped form empiricism empiricism knowledge is from experiences and therefor science should only rely on observations and experiments. Wilhelm Wundt father of Psychology Edward Titchner introduced structuralism which relied on introspection introspection looking inward. An unreliable idea as the answers given differed from person to person William James functionalist, taught Mary Whiton Calkin Mary Whiton Calkin was not allowed to get her Ph.D in Psychology but moved on to become the first woman president of the American Psychology Association (APA) Margaret Floy Washburn first woman to get a Ph.D in Psychology and second woman president of the APA experimental Psychologists explore with experiments behaviorists rely on observation humanistic psychology Carl Rogers; having our needs satisfied cognitive Neuroscience Brain activity in link to Mental activity Biggest debate in Psychology Nature V.S. Nurture Natural Selection Charles Darwin's Idea that those traits promoting survival will be carried on to the next generation. Survival of the fittest levels of analysis the differing complementary views which show different reasons as for why something might occur biopsychosocial approach combines biological, psychological and social-cultural biological psychology studies the links between biological and psychological evolutionary psychology uses natural selection to see why we have certain traits Psychodynamic psychology unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior behavioral psychology rely on observable behavior cognitive psychology focuses on mental activity (thinking, knowing, remembering, communicating) to explain behavior social-cultural psychology the study of how culture effects behavior and thinking psychometrics the study of the measurement of human ability basic research study that aims to increase the knowledge base developmental psychology the study of how we change throughout our life span educational psychology how psychological processes effect learning and teaching personality psychology the study of an individuals way of a