Chapter 1- History + Paradigms

Question 1

Functionalism

Answer 1

Developed by William James

Can’t analyze consciousness

Focuses on how peoples thoughts and behaviors affect how they function in the world

Question 2

Structuralism

Answer 2

Edward Titchener

Every experience can be broken down into individual emotions.

Objective introspection but assigning meaning to introspections

Question 3

Gestalt Psychology

Answer 3

Phych events can’t be broken down, but only understood as a whole event

Question 4

Psychoanalysis

Answer 4

Freud

Role of the unconscious in behaviors

repressed feelings create neurological disorders

Childhood experiences create personality. Lotta weird sex stuff

Question 5

Behaviorism

Answer 5

Watson and Pavlov

Ignores consciousness, pushes observable behavior

Everything is learned/conditioned

Question 6

What is Psychology?

Answer 6

Scientific study of behavior and mental processes

Question 7

What are the four primary goals of psychology?

Answer 7

Describe, explain, predict, control

Question 8

Who developed the first psychological laboratory?

Answer 8

Wilhelm Wundt, Germany, 1879

Question 9

Objective Introspection

Answer 9

Process of objectively describing thoughts, feelings and sensations without putting a value on them