Chapter 1 - History And Approches Flashcards
Behaviorists explain human thought and behavior as a result of…
Past conditioning
Which psychologist would describe himself as a humanist?
Abraham Maslow
A therapist who says that she uses whatever psychological method wkrks best for each patient is best described as…
Eclectic
A client’s feeling of hostility toward a coworker are most likely caused by the way the client interprets the coworkers actions and the way he thinks people should behave at work. What perspective are we working from?
Cognitive
The research methodology that William Wundt used is called…
Introspection
Which psychologist wrote the first psychology textbook?
William James - Principles of Psychology
Psychologists who study the degree to which genes influence our personality are working from the _____ perspective
Behavior genetics
17th century philosopher that believed the mind is blank at birth and that most knowledge comes through experience is…
Locke
Psychological perspective that emphasizes the interaction of brain and body in behavior.
Neuroscience
Psychologists who study brain activity’s relation to memory, perception and through other processes is called…
Cognitive neuroscientists
The medical treatment of psychological disorders
Psychiatry
How natural selection favors traits that promote perpetuation of one’s genes.
Evolutionary perspective
Which 17th centry philosopher believed that some ideas are innate?
Descartes
Wilhelm Wundt
Structuralist. Structure of the mjnd through introspection and the study of conciousness.
Hall
Structuralist. Founded the APA.
Titchener
Structuralist
Margaret Washburn
First female PH. D. In psychology.
William James
Functionalist. The function and explanation of behavior.
Cattell and Dewey
Functionalist. Mental testing, development, educational practises.
Mary Calkins
First female president of the APA. Fuctionalist.
Gestalt Psychology
Max Wertheimer.
Reach fullest potential use all approches. Looks at the whole instead of the pieces.
Humanistic Psychology
Emphasized the current enviromental influences on growth potential. Abraham Maslow, Carl Rodgers.
Cognitive
The way we encode, process, store and recieve information. Brain activity. Paul Broca.
Cognitive Neuroscience
The study of interaction of thought process and the brain. John B. Watson,
Psychoanalytic
Analyze childhood drama.
Sigmund Freund.
Neuroscience, Biological
Considers influence of biolgical, psychological, and social factors. William James
Behavior Genetics
The level of influence genes and enviroments have on individual differences. John Wataon, B.f. Skinner
Behavioral
How we study observable responses. John Watson, B.f. Skinner
Evolutionary, Darwinian
Believed that nature effects the potential if an organism. Charles Darwin:
Social-cultural
Variation of behavior and thinking as a result of situations and cultures.
Disagreed with skinner about language acquisition. Stated that there is an infinite number of sentences in a language.
Noam Chomsky
Who worked on Humanistic theraphy?
Carl Rodgers
Who developed an influential theory of personality? It was the first person to do psychotheraphy to explore topics like the unconciousness and sexuality as a driving force in human psychology.
Sigmund Freund
French Philosopher, nativist and duelist. He agreed with Socrates.
Rene Descartes
Behaviorist. Worked with pidgeons.
B.F. Skinner
Swiss psychologist that studied cognitive development in children. Wrote “The Language and Thought of the Child”
Jean Piaget
Greek philosopher. Believed in innate ideas. Thought the mind was seperable from the body and continues after the body dies. Agreed with Rene Decartes and Socrates.
Plato
Who opened the first Psychology hall in the USA?
Stanley Hall
Who was the first person to study memory scientifically and systematically?
He use nonsense symbols and recorde how many times he had to study a list to remeber it well.
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Studied learning in cats. Worked on animal behavior. Led to theory of connectionism.
Edward Throndike
E.T. (Cats are aliens)
