Why Psychology Did not Begin in China TRANSCRIPT

The podcast series concludes with a look back and some speculation about what the future holds.

Conclusions - Psychology Today and Tomorrow

The intellectual landscape of psychology has shifted from logical positivism to postmodernism, but both still matter.

From Logical Positivism to Postmodernism

A brief video tour of the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, MO.

VIDEO - Glore Psychiatric Museum

The Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, MO is a must-see for students of the history of psychology.

BONUS - Glore Psychiatric Museum

The strange story of Einstein's brain in the years since his death.

BONUS - Einstein's Brain

The Cognitive Tradition continues to develop with the work of Chomsky, Piaget, Hebb, Miller and Neisser

The Cognitive Movement (Part 2)

The advent of the computer and the way of thinking associated with it led to a new orientation in psychology called the cognitive movement.

The Cognitive Movement

The frontal transorbital lobotomy holds a troubling place in the history of psychology.

A Brief History of Lobotomy

Modern Medicine and Physiology

Professor Todd pointed out a sad truth that psychology field is losing its philosophical roots while taking on too much cheesy statistical analysis of garbage data to support garbage thoughts.

This guy is so easy to listen to :) very engaging with all sorts of examples.

Awesome!

The Story of Psychology

Carl Jung

Carl Jung and Analytic Psychology

Rene Descartes

The Father of Modern Philosophy is Rene Descartes, a brilliant thinker who used the Method of Doubting to bring science into the Enlightenment

Psychology begins to emerge from philosophy with materialistic explanations of brain function

Beginnings of Psychology - The Brain as Organ of the Mind

What does the neurobiology of the brain imply about our personal responsibility? Do we really have free will? Is our behavior determined?

BONUS - Free Will & Determinism

Studies of the human brain demonstrated how the body and mind interact

Beginnings of Psychology - Studies of the Brain

William James

The Father of Psychology in America did not consider himself a psychologist but he did influence the field.

William James and Functionalism

Sigmund Freud, Part 1

Behaviorism

B.F. Skinner

Wilhelm Wundt is a founder of psychology who blended science with perception

Wilhelm Wundt and Voluntarism

Alfred Adler

Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology

Phenominological Existentialism

Sigmund Freud, Part 2

Does the poet or the psychologist better understand the human condition?

BONUS - Romance - A Partial Analysis

Gestalt Psychology

Precursors of Psychoanalysis

The psychological study of intelligence applied scientific methods to an unobservable intellectual function.

A Brief History of Intelligence Testing

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