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Disagreed with the dualism approach of mind and body two separate entities. Argued that the mind controlled the body and together they formed our experiences
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refined approach of experimentation through observation.
Galileo and Copernicus -
Greek Philosophers set the frame for psychology by discovering that human behavior was controlled more by our mind than by the gods
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Francis Galton- his writings questioned if behavior is determined by heredity or enviroment.
Claimed the genius trait ran in families -
-act to survive
- natural selection -
credited for making psychology its own field of study.
developed into-spection, a method of self observation to gather information about the mind -
in 1890 he published " the principles of 1890, he published of psychology " which focused on the function of the mind and porpuse of behavior
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we are the products of our non conscious desire of sex and anger
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- Structure of the brain
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Product of experiences
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Precense of others
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- Behavior based on thinking process
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Believe that everyone is inherently "good"
