ch. 3-4 Flashcards
Wilhelm wundt
father of experimental psych
who published principles of physiology psychology (1874)
Wilhelm wundt
Principles of physiology psychology
how the scientific methods of physiology could be applied to the study of conciousness
What was significant in 1879
in 1879 the first psychology lab at university of leipzig
Leipzig University
is considered the birth of science and psychology
Who established the first experimental psychology journal: philosophical studies (1881)
Wilhelm Wundt
What topics did wundt study with his students?
His students could all study multiple topics, color vision and tone perception
Brass Instrument Psychology
was used when stimuli were presented and responses were recorded by mechanical means
What mechanical means are used in brass instrument psychology?
Tachistoscope, rotating memory drum and gravity chronometer
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Experimental self observation
trained observers present stimulus, observers self report what experienced , over trials with changing stimuli
Reaction time method
measure the speed of certain mental events by measuring reaction time and substracting out the time for sensory and motor components
Voïkerpsychologie (1900)
10 volume text by wundt
What was Voïkerpsychologie about?
understanding of humanity was obtained by studying how people interact w/ each other in social, cultural, historical contexts
What research was included in Voïkerpsychologie?
Language, mythology, customs
Who were wundts students
James Cattell, Hugo Munsterberg
James M Cattell (1860-1944)
known for bringing experimental methods from germany to u.s
who pionerred the field of mental testing?
James Cattell
Who returned to the U.S and estsblished a psychology lab at columbia university?
James Cattell
Who coined the term “mental test”
James Cattell
Who was the editor of science
James Cattell, he added psychology when publishing a journal for science
Who founded the psychological review journal?
James Cattell
Lightner Witmer (1867-1956)
Student of james cattell, founded the first psychological clinic in the world at the university of pennsylvania (1896)
What did the first psychological clinic consist of?
working with learning disabilities, speech, behavioral issues
Who is the founder of clinical psych and school psych
Lightner Witmer
Who started a journal devoted to clinical work?
Lightner Witmer, The psychological clinic (1907)
Hugo Munsterberg (1863-1916)
wundt student, attended harvard to help cattell
Who was a pioneer in applied psychology?
Hugo Munsterberg
who was involed in forensic psych and industrial and organizational psych
hugo munsterberg
Forensic psych (munsterberg)
wrote on the witness stand, fallibility of memory, reliability of witnessed and methods of jury persuaion
Who invented an early polygraph device?
Hugo Munsterberg
Industrial and Organizational Psych (hugo munsterberg)
wrote psychology and industrial efficiency, believed the more efficient you were the better the job would be
Who was branded a spy for Germany in WW1 and believed Germany was better than U.S
Hugo Munsterberg
Edward B. Titchener (1867-1927)
mr. structuralist
wrote the experimental psychology: a manual of laboratory practice: 4 volumes
What are the four volumes in a manual of laboratory practice?
2 were on quantitative research, the other 2 were on qualitative research
Who was the chair of the society of experiemental psychologists?
Edward Titchener
What club was Titchener in that did not allow women to join?
The experimentalists
Who was the founder of school of structuralism
Titchiner