PSYCHOLOGY

- it comes from two Greek Words, psyche meaning "soul or spirit" and logos meaning "study

- it is a scientific study of behavior and mental processes

- it includes the physical state and mental state and how this all related to the environment of the
individual.

THREE MAJOR FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY

•CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

- assesses and finds treatment for people with psychological disorder.

•DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

- studies the intellectual, social, emotional and moral development across a lifespan

•EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

- studies the most basic concepts of psychology like cognition, perception, memory and learning but
mostly conducted on animals instead humans.

WILHELM WUNDT

- is a German psychologist and considered as the Father of Modern Psychology.

- He is credited for being the first in the movement to make a psychology a science.

- He also conducted the first true experimental laboratory in psychology.

- His major contribution to the field is GRUNDZÜGE PHYSIOLOGISCHEN PSYCHOLOGIE ( THE PRINCIPLE
OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY)

WILLIAM JAMES

- studied the concept of Functionalism, which analyzes the function or purpose of behavior and not
simply a description.

- One of his major works is PRINCIPLE OF PSYCHOLOGY

SIGMUND FREUD

- known for his psychoanalytic personality theory, which divides the personality into ID, EGO AND
SUPEREGO.

- He also wrote the theory on the psychosexual stages of development.