Approaches Flashcards
Origins of Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
Psychodynamic
Freud
Karl Popper - Falsification
Karen Horney - womb envy
Behaviourist
Must:
Pavlov - CC
Skinner - OC
Should:
Watson & Rayner - Little Albert
Mowrer - Two factor theory
Humanist
Must:
Maslow - Hierarchy of Needs
Rogers - Theory of Self
Should: Harter - conditions of worth. Teenagers feeling need to fulfil certain conditions for parents’ approval end up disliking themselves.
Cognitive
Should:
Bartlett - Schemas affecting British recall on Native American novel
Social Learning Theory
Bandura - Bobo doll and Children’s vicarious reinforcement
Biological
Must:
Phineas Gage - Brain changes personality
Darwin - Evolution & natural selection
Should:
Gottesman - Schizophrenia 75% (MZ) > 22% (DZ)
McGuffin - Depression MZ > DZ
Cognitive Neuroscience
Should: Coined by Miller & Gazzaniga (1970s)
Additional:
Tulving - PET scans for memory.
Burnett - neurological network associated with guilt.