Famous Psycologists

Question 1

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 1

Father of pscycology

Philosphy backround

intrest in reaction time

focused on empirical data

First psych lab in germany in 1879

Question 2

William James

Answer 2

Went to harvard

Studied Wundits work, charles darwin

did thiings based on direct observation

focused on fuctionalism- what is the behaviors function

Question 3

Sigmund Freud

Answer 3

worked in the unconscious

believed sub conscious boiled down to there Id, ego and superego

explains behavior and personality comes from uncounsins cofnclicts

Question 4

Edward Titchner

Answer 4

Studied in wundit’s lab

first school of thought was structuralism- consciousness is constructed of tiny bits of sensory data

Believed in introspection- a type of very detailed interview

Question 5

G. Stanley Hall

Answer 5

First PHD earned in Psych in the U.S

Created the American Psychological Association

Question 6

Mary Calkins

Answer 6

first president of the APA

Never awarded a PHD

Question 7

Margarett Washburn

Answer 7

First women to be awarded PHD in psych

Question 8

Francis Summer

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First African American man to be awarded a PHD in Psych

Question 9

John Watson

Answer 9

Intrested in digestion and dogs and classical conditioning

Baby experiment

Sucsefully conditions albert to have an emotional response to a white rat

Only interested in behaviors- observable behavior

Question 10

Carl Rodgers

Answer 10

Created humanism combines freud and watson

intrested in relastionships, motivations, and growth

Talked about regard if your love is conditional or unconditional

Question 11

Aristotle

Answer 11

Interested in dreams, mental illness

He was famous for saying your humors need to be balanced

His treatments consisted of diet changes, bath

Question 12

Rene Descartes

Answer 12

Costito ergo sum- I think therefore I am

Interactive dualism- the mind and body are 2 separate entities