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KONSEP DASAR ILMU PSIKOLOGI

ADMINISTRASI RUMAH SAKIT


IIK BHAKTI WIYATA KEDIRI
Life Before Psychology
Philosophy asks questions about the mind:
 Does perception accurately reflect reality?
 How is sensation turned into perception?

René Descartes Problem - No “scientific” way


(1596-1650) of studying problems

Physiology asks similar questions about the mind

Predict what will happen


SCIENTIFIC
Systematically observe events
METHOD
Do events support predictions
Psychology Is Born
First Experimental Psych Lab (1879)
Focuses on the scientific study of the mind.
WW insists that Psych methods be as rigorous
as the methods of chemistry & physics.
Wundt’s students start labs
Wilhelm Wundt
(1832-1920) across USA (1880-1900)
University of Leipzig
Harvard University
Yale University
Columbia University
Catholic University
Univ of Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Stanford University
KONSEP DASAR PSIKOLOGI
DEFINISI PSIKOLOGI

PSYCHE = JIWA
LOGOS = ILMU

Bahasa Yunani

PSIKOLOGI
ilmu pengetahuan yang mempelajari tingkah laku manusia dan proses mental
yang melatarbelakanginya
Fungsi psikologi sebagai ilmu

Describing Explaining

Predicting Controlling
Different Perspectives in Psychology
Biological Psychology
• How the body and brain create emotions, memories, and sensory experiences

Behavioral Psychology
• How we learn from observable responses.
• How to best study, assess and treat troubled people

Cognitive Psychology
• How we process, store and retrieve information

Socio-Cultural Psychology
• How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures
RUANG LINGKUP PSIKOLOGI
• Psikologi Perkembangan
• Psikologi Pendidikan
• Psikologi Sosial
• Psikologi Klinis
• Psikologi Industri Organisasi
Influence of Heredity & Environment

Nature versus Nurture


Perception & Subjectivity
Internal Information External Information
Prior Expectations Actual Words/Actions
Current Mental State Image Reflected from Objects
Experience “Sound” Waves

Both Determine
Our Experience
of the World

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