approaches in psychology

Question 1

opened the first psychological clinic and used scientific methods for introspection

Answer 1

wundt

Question 2

behaviouralist psychologist that rejected introspection due to its subjectivity

Answer 2

watson

Question 3

brought the focus on learning and use of lab studies to psychology and helped make psychology more scientific

Answer 3

skinner

Question 4

argued that psychology cannot be classed as a science due to its lack of a paradigm (objective principles and assumptions)

Answer 4

kuhn

Question 4

a behaviourist that pioneered the research of classical conditioning

Answer 4

pavlov

Question 5

a behaviourist that focused on operant conditioning research

Answer 5

skinner

Question 6

put forward the idea of Social Learning Theory through mediational processes and used lab studies in his research

Answer 6

bandura

Question 7

biologist that put forward the theory of evolution

Answer 7

darwin

Question 8

a critic of darwin that argued that evolution is unfalsifiable and cannot be proved to be currently happening, only that it has taken place

Answer 8

popper

Question 9

compared 21 antidepressants and found that all worked with widely varying effectiveness at times

Answer 9

cipriani

Question 10

created the psychodynamic approach using case studies and forming laws to generalise to everyone

Answer 10

freud

Question 11

argued that the psychodynamic approach is unfalsifiable and unscientific

Answer 11

popper

Question 12

humanistic psychologist that created the hierachy of needs

Answer 12

maslow

Question 13

humanist psychologist that put forward a client-centered therapy (counselling) which had the aim of increasing self-worth

Answer 13

rogers