chapter 1 Flashcards
who believed disease had a physical explanation (humours- body fluids) and tested theories with direct observations
hippocrates
regarded as the creator of empiricism and established the scientific method
francis beacon
believed that all truths could be understood through science and mathematics
rene descartes
believed we learn by experience and we are a blank slate
john locke
we need to study the relationship between the physical stimuli and their psychological effect
johannes muller
measured the speed of neural impulses discovering they are not instantaneous
herman von helmholtz
who proposed the theory of evolution and natural selection
charles darwin
who is the father of psychology and established the first psychology lab
study of consciousness, awareness of immediate behaviours
WILHELM WUNDT
voluntarism
Wilhelm windt
who followed wilhelm wundts work
stanley hall and james mark baldwin
who developed structuralism
edward tichener
introspection
looking inward
who was instrumental in shifting attention away from structure to that of purpose and function- FUNCTIONALISM
WILLIAM JAMES
who viewed consciousness as a fluid stream and used emperical methods and emphasized research with minorities and mental disorders, people, animals, children
william james
based on the idea that we have inborn tendancies to impose structure (consciousness cannot be broken down into elements)
gestalt psychology
believed peoples behaviours are based on unconsciour desires and conflicts (no experiments)
sigmund freud
classical conditioning
IVAN PARLOV
animal models to understand human behaviour
edward thorndike
human responses can also be conditioned (baby albert)
john watson
who developed operant conditioning (reinforcement of negative)
BF skinner
who suggested that learning occurs through social observation and modelling
albert bandura
who developed client centered therapy, people are innately good
carl rogers
who believed we have a basic need to reach our potential- SELF ACTUALIZATION
abraham maslow
who coined the term cognitive psychology as the study of information processing
uric neisser
