1. History And Approaches Flashcards
Introspection vs. Gestalt psychology
Introspection divided human thought and behavior into discrete structures while Gestalt examined one’s total experience
Name the 5 waves of psychology’s history
Wave 1: introspection
2: Gestalt Psychology
3: Psychoanalysis
4: Behaviorism
5: Many perspectives
Main person in introspection?
What theory did he come up with?
Wilhelm Wundt
- Structuralism
What year is considered beginning if scientific psychology bcuz of Wundt’s first experiment?
1879
How did William James further expand onto Wundt’s structuralism?
Theory of functionalism
Main 3 people in Wave: Behaviorism
John Watson
Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
Main characteristic of Behaviorism:
Psychologists should only look at _________ and ___________.
Behavior and causes of behavior (aka stimuli and responses)
Key ppl,terms in Humanist Perspective
Ppl: Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers
Terms: individual choice, free will
Key terms in Psychoanalytic Perspective
Unconscious, repression
Key terms in Biopsychology Perspective
Genes, hormones, Neurotransmitters
Key ppl, terms in Evolutionary Perspetive
Ppl: Darwin
Terms: natural selection
Key ppl, terms in Behavioral Perspective
Ppl: Watson, Pavlov
Terms: conditioning, learning, A-B-C
Key ppl, terms in Cognitive Perspective
Ppl: Jean Piaget
Terms: thoughts (how we interpret events)
Key term in Sociocultural Perspective
Cultures
