C1 Flashcards
___ Is the study of the behavior of humans and animals
Psychology
Why did psychologist study animals?
Ethical considerations
It is more practical
They can learn more about animals
Animals are a simpler model
They have greater control
____ developed dualism
Rene Descartes
___ is the concept that mind and body are distinct entities
Dualism
____ developed a series of experiments in which the speed of conduction of a nerve impulse/assessed neural communication within the nervous system
Hermann Helmholtz
_____ identified an areas of the brain that experiences intense pleasure when stimulated electrically
James Olds
What did James Olds experiment provide?
Information to other research psychologist to discover stimuli in human brains and help with terminally ill patients, etc.
____ German scientist who established a labratory in Leipzig. He was deemed the first formal beginning of psychology as a scientific discipline
Wilheim Wundt
____ is a systematic study of the conscious adult mind
Structuralism
___ Is the idea that perceiving colors and reacting to stimuli could be broken down into their structural elements
Structuralism
___ believed that the goal of psychology was to describe mental structures
Edward Titchener
____ Is an american psychologist who agreed with structuralist about studying mental processes, but he also wanted to study the functional nature of the conscious experience
William James
____ believed psychological states (consciousness ) evolved based on particular functions
Functionalist
___ Is a two volume book considered the most important psychological text of all time
Principles of Psychology
____ Austrian physician who developed a psychological approach
Sigmund Freud
