1 - History

Question 1

Phrenology

Answer 1

Bumps on skull (shape of head) corresponds to personality

Gall

Question 2

Extirpation / Ablation

Answer 2

Take out parts of brain and study effect

Flourens

Question 3

Functional Psychology

Answer 3

Different behaviors = adaptations to stimuli
Behavior is a result of the environment
William James - Father of functional psychology

Question 4

Structuralism

Answer 4

Build a mind w/ emotion module, memory module
building blocks
Less accurate than functional psychology
Wundt, Titchner

Question 5

Reflex Arc

Answer 5

Dewey

• Part of functional psychology
• Path of stimulus through sensory / motor neurons

Question 6

Broca

Answer 6

Broca’s area - let’s you talk / speech production
Studied brain lesions
Studied damage as resultant disabilities

Question 7

von Helmholtz

Answer 7

Visual perception

First neurophysiologist - studied nerve conduction speed

Question 8

Sherrington

Answer 8

Studied synapses

-all right except it’s chemical signals (hormones, nt) but he believed electrical signals

Question 9

Skinner

Answer 9

Skinner box- rats, pigeons- punishments&rewards
Associative Learning, Operant conditioning
100% nurture/env not nature at all - not true