Evolutionary psychology

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What do you consider to be the proper subject matter of psychology? -In order to exam psychology one must look to our past to determine that which lies in the future. By looking at the evolution of ones species, it should explain why we behave in the ways we do today. Evolutionary psychology (EP) will or possibly could be the standard someday in the future. I feel the object is when we look at what permits us to decode our past, this will help us accurately write our future. We may be decedents of animals; yet this does not mean that we have to constantly act as if we could be uncivilized. I have always felt that in my heart has been a string devotion to biology, and as an evolutionary psychologist, I understand that behavior is just an adaptation of body to ensure survival.

This places EP more into the scope of biology than psychology. I prefer to understand and study the Animal-Human Connection (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 153.).

2. What methods of psychology use to approach the subjects it studies? -My evolutionary theory provides psychology with a well-motivated and powerful method of the evolution of human psychological traits (Buss, 2009). One cannot deny that the human mind has traits that are animalistic in nature. But how did we as a species come to have such traits? By examining my theory of evolution one can see how species of animals have evolved over time and why the brain has acquired certain animalistic traits and has gotten rid of others (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p.150-151; 155)3. What do you expect will be your most lasting contribution to the field of psychology? -I feel as though my theory of evolution will be my most lasting contribution to the field of psychology.

My book On the Origin of the Species will help society view the world with open eyes. Society has for so long viewed the creation of life on earth from a biblical standpoint. My book will show people that life forms have numerous traits and have made adaptations in order to survive as a species. The book will show society in the grand schemes of things how species evolves over time and gradually diverge. (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p.146)4.

What do you consider to be an appropriate role for the field of psychology in society? -I feel as though an appropriate role for the field of psychology in society would be to view it as a study that helps us understand why and how we as humans function. A means to help us to better understand why we as a species, have made certain adaptions and why the human mind functions the way that it does. Psychology should address varies types of psychosis and how the brain has evolved to obtained these issues.5. What particular personal challenges or characteristics, or conditions in the society and the profession of psychology, had the greatest impact upon your development as a psychologist? -As a child, I did poorly in school and was very boisterous, but I have always shown a great deal in interest in natural history and collecting things such as coins, shells, and minerals. These small trinkets are pieces of matter in time.

They are a reflection of who we are as a people or species during a particular time. These items have had a great influence on me. I would also have to say that my time on the HMS Beagle also had a great impact on my ideas/developments as a psychologist. While on this journey, I had the opportunity to observe nature, collect specimens and a great deal of data. This forever change my life and I returned to England as a “dedicated scientist with one passion: to develop a theory of Evolution” (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p.147-148).

John Dewy TranscriptJohn Dewy is a famous functionalist who used this theory in looking for ways to improve education. In order to understand a behavior, action, or thought, it is important to understand the function or purpose it serves not what the structure may be. In other words, explain behaviors rather than control them.1. What do you consider to be the proper subject matter of psychology? -I feel as though the proper subject matter for psychology is the study of the total organism as it functions in its environment (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 208)2.

What methods of psychology use to approach the subjects it studies? -I feel as though my theory of the Reflex Arc is a valid method of psychology. This theory allows one to study the connection between sensory stimuli and motor responses. My psychological “molecularism, elementism and reductionism argues that neither behavior or conscious experience could be reduced to its elements…and that perception and movement must be considered as a unit and not as a composition of individual sensations and responses” (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 207).

3. What do you expect will be your most lasting contribution to the field of psychology? - I think one of my lasting contributions in society is that I started a laboratory school, which at his time was a radical move in the field of education - which now became the keystone in the progressive movement in education. (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 207-208).

“The Reflex arc concept of Psychology was the most popular article that it was voted “the most influential article published in the first 50 volumes in Psychological review” (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 207-208)4. What do you consider to be an appropriate role for the field of psychology in society? -I think that my influence on other psychologists and my development of new philosophical framework for the new school of thought proposed new ideas for the University of Chicago in 1904. (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 208)5.

What particular personal challenges or characteristics, or conditions in the society and the Profession of psychology, had the greatest impact upon your development as a psychologist? - While at Columbia University in 1904, I continued my work applying psychology through educational as well as philosophical problems. I feel this was a beginning foundation for future psychologists. (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 207-208)William James Transcript1. What do you consider to be the proper subject matter of psychology? -My work was the forerunner of functional psychology; I also pioneered a new form scientific of psychology, which could be developed throughout the United States.

2. What methods of psychology use to approach the subjects it studies? -I am associated with scientific and experimental form of psychology3. What do you expect will be your most lasting contribution to the field of psychology? - I would like to think that I presented my ideas as functionalism, I have influenced the Functionalist movement, hopefully for generations to come. I also coined the phrase “stream of consciousness” to express ideas.

(Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 187)4. What do you consider to be an appropriate role for the field of psychology in society? -My role for the last 20 years was to refine my philosophical system and by doing this, I was able to mark the beginning of educational psychology and how this new form of psychology could lead to the beginning of applied psychology in the classroom.5. What particular personal challenges or characteristics, or conditions in the society and the profession of psychology, had the greatest impact upon your development as a psychologist? -My strong characteristics that influenced the development of future psychologists were my clarity in writing the sciences, my writing style had magnetism, and finally I presented ideas that altered a different view of a functional approach to psychology.Grantville Stanley Hall Transcript 1.

What do you consider to be the proper subject matter of psychology? -My intellectual idea has one single theme and this would be the concept of evolutionary Theory-this theory is that the normal growth of one’s mind does involve a series of all evolutionary stages. (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 203)2. What methods of psychology use to approach the subjects it studies? - I often been called the genetic psychologist, because my concentration has been on animal and human development in conjunction with all related problems of adaptation.3. What do you expect will be your most lasting contribution to the field of psychology? -My most influential work is a 1,300-page, two-volume encyclopedia entitled, Adolescence: This encyclopedia contains all the information and complete statements on Recapitulation Theory of psychology.

4. What do you consider to be an appropriate role for the field of psychology in society? -I would consider the psychological study of children to be a major module for the teaching profession. (Schultz & Schultz, 2008: p. 200)5. What particular personal challenges or characteristics, or conditions in the society and the profession of psychology, had the greatest impact upon your development as a psychologist? - My “firsts were very important in my career which gave me the credits in which the value of my work had a great impact on my work. 1.

First American doctoral degree. 2. First student in the first psychological laboratory. 3. First president of Clark University 4. I was the First president of the APA, and finally one of the first applied psychologists.