Chapter 1 Flashcards
The fastest and simplest mental processes
Atoms of the mind
Established the first psychology laboratory at the university of Leipzig, Germany. Built a machine for measuring hoe long it took someone to press a telegraph key after hearing a ball bounce.
Wilhelm Wundt
First woman to recieve a psychology Ph.D., focused on animal behavior research in “the animal mind”
Margaret Floy Washburn
The controversial ideas of this famous personality theorist and therapist influenced humanity’s self-understanding
Sigmund Freud
A legendary teacher-writer of psychology
William James
Became famous for her memory research and for being the first woman president of the American Psychological Association
Mary Whiton Calkins
Leading behaviorist who rejected the idea of studying inner thoughts and feelings. Studied how consequences shape behavior
B.F. Skinner
These partners championed psychology as the scientific study of behavior, showed fear could be learned in experiments on a baby who became famous as “little Albert”
John B. Watson and Rosaline Rayner
The view that psychology should be an objective science that studies without reference to mental processes.
Behaviorism
Emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual’s potential for personal growth
Humanistic psychology
The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with mental activity linked with mental activity (including perception, thinking, memory, and language)
Cognitive neuroscience
The science of behavior and mental processes
Psychology
The rebellion of a group of psychologists which led the field back to its early interest in mental processes
Cognitive revolution
The internal states we infer from behavior (thoughts, beliefs, and feelings)
Mental processes
What is the main goal of all psychologists?
To describe and explain behavior and the mind underlying it
