History Flashcards
Who introduced the idea of Tabula Rasa in 1690?
John Locke
In 1879, who inaugurates the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany?
Wilhelm Wundt
in 1890 who publisshed Principles of Psychology?
William James
In 1900 who developed the psychodynamic perspective?
Sigmund Freud
Who was the first woman to receive a soctorate in psychology?
Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939)
Who was the first psychologists to focus on child development and on women;s issues?
Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886-1939)
Who was the first female president of the American Psychological Association?
Mary Calkins (1863-1930)
Who spearheaded the study of personality traits and became the first woman to head a psychology department at a state university?
June Etta Downey (1875-1932)
in 1904 who win the Nobel Prize for work on digestion that led to dundamental principles of learning?
Ivan Pavlov
In 1924 which early behaviorist published Behaviorism?
John B. Watson
Who in 1951 Publishes Client-Centered Therapy, helping to establish the humanistic perspective?
Carl Rogers
Which new subfields of psychology have just develop in resent years?
Clinical neuropsychology
evolutionary psychology
School psychology
The _____ approach studies unconscious motives, while the biological approach studies chemical processes.
Psychoanalytic
AKA Psychodynamic approach
Technological advances and physiological research formed the basis of the _____ approach.
Biological
AKA Biopsychology or neuroscience
What is the difference between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind?
The conscious mind is readily accessible,
While the subconscious mind is inaccesible but influences behavior.
According to the biological perspective, behavior is related to the _____ processes within the nervous and endocrine systems.
Chemical
Which psychological approach does this statement reflect?
Behaviors that contribute to survival and reproduction are naturally selected.
Evolutionary
Who was the inspiration behind the evolutionary approach to psychology?
Charles Darwin
Darwin’s theory of natural selection said all creatures have evolved over time in order to survive and reproduce.
Which psychological approach focuses onthinking, langauge, and how humans receive, store, and process information?
Cognitive
Who first studied the cognitive development of children?
Jean Piaget
Who is the father of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
The structuralists studied consciousness, thinking, and memory. This area of psychology is currently known as _____.
Cognition
Which psychological approach does this statement reflect?
People from different cultures interpret gesturs, body language, and verbal language differently.
Sociocultural
These psychologists study how cultural differences affect behavior.
Organize in chronological order from earliest to latest, based on which each became popular:
sociocultural approach
behavioral approach
humanistic approach
The Behavior approach became popular in the early 20th century with Pavlov’s research.
The Humanistic approach came about in the mid-20th century in opposition to Behaviorism
Lastly, the sociocultural approach grew toward the end of the century as there were more interactions betweendifferent cultures.
Define: Repression
Psychoanalytic term for burying information in the subconscious
Name 3 Ancient Greeks who were philosopherswho also discussed psychological concepts.
- Socrates
- Plato
- Aristotle
Which Scientific Revolution-era thinker discussed mind-body dualism in his philosophical writings?
Rene Descartes
Define dualism as it relates to psychology?
Idea that the mind and brain are seperate entities that interact.
_____ believed that thought and knowledge are inhte and that a human being is born as a tabula rasa.
John Locke
_______ unlike behaviorists, believe free will guides behavior and leads to personal growth.
Hunamists
Who was on of the first thinkers to suggest that our perceptions of sensation are all that we can be sure of?
Thomas Hobbes
