Historical Psych Figures

Question 1

Mary Whiton Calkins

Answer 1

Student of James, first female president of APA, memory & self

Question 2

Charles Darwin

Answer 2

Behaviorism

Linked human behavior to animal behavior.

Question 3

Dorothea Dix

Answer 3

Clinical/Social

Lobbied Congress to establish psychiatric hospitals and transformed the field of nursing.

Question 4

Sigmund Freud

Answer 4

Psychodynamic Theory
Ideas about the unconscious mind, the role of experience in abnormal behavior, and new approaches to therapy laid a foundation for later study in personality & therapy.

Question 5

G. Stanley Hall

Answer 5

Established the first American psychology lab at J. Hopkins Uni; student of Wundt’s.

Question 6

William James

Answer 6

Functionalism

Behavior is purposeful & contributes to survival

Question 7

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 7

Behaviorism
Experience is the primary source of behavior.
Classical conditioning.

Question 8

Jean Piaget

Answer 8

Developmental/Cognitive
Established clinical research methods based on questions and diagnoses; children think differently than adults; 4 stages of development

Question 9

Carl Rogers

Answer 9

Humanistic

Client-centered therapy; reflective listening

Question 10

B.F. Skinner

Answer 10

Behaviorist

Effects of consequences on how frequently behaviors are performed.

Question 11

Edward Titchener

Answer 11

Structuralism under Bundt

Experimental study and introspection of human mind

Question 12

Margaret Floy Washburn

Answer 12

Animal behavior and sensation/perception
First woman to earn Dr. degree in psych (1894).
Motor theory of consciousness.

Question 13

John B. Watson

Answer 13

Behaviorist
Observable behaviors.
Advertising Industry-appealing images

Question 14

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 14

Structuralism
First experimental psychologist.
Mental experience as hierarchy.
Behavior can be broken down into its components.