Write a 1 page essay on History of psychology. Tips on what to include in your paper:
- Psychology is still a young discipline
- Where did psychology come from?
- Sigmund Freud and his theories. Behaviorism and the rise of the cognitive revolution. Behaviorism meant behavior was the only reliable source of data. Operant conditioning, behaviorism, and the ‘Skinner box’
- Cognitive revolution shifted focus from behavior to mental processes. The cognitive revolution began in the 1960s when psychologists started realizing that people’s internal mental processes are important for understanding behavior.
- The founders of psychology are not always the most promising ones. Psychologists don’t always agree on one theory to explain behavior and mental processes. Psychology has changed a lot over time