UNIT 6
Evolutionary Theory and Clinical Psychology
RONALD W. MAYER
San Francisco State University
MODULE 1 THE INFLUENCE OF BIOLOGY UPON PSYCHOLOGY 3
BIOLOGY AS A MODEL FOR PSYCHOLOGY
- Explanations of Variation and Change
- Functional Psychology
MODULE 2 EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
LAMARCK, DARWIN, AND VARIATION
- Lamarck
- Darwin
EVOLUTIONARY THEORY INFLUENCES PSYCHOLOGY
- Comparative Psychology.
- Sir Francis Galton (1811-1911)
MODULE 3 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES: THEIR DISCOVERY ANDMEASUREMENT
THE TESTING MOVEMENT
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Robert M. Yerkes (1876-1956).
- Southard and Boston Psychopathic Hospital
- Mental Health Movement
- Idiographic vs. Nomothetic Psychology
REFERENCES
GLOSSARY
T-F PROGRESS CHECK
ANSWER KEY
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March 15, 2003