History of Psychology

Question 1

Whats the purpose of learning the history of psychology?

Answer 1

it offers opportunities to make sense of how it has grown and developed and it defines who we are.

Question 2

when was the earliest record of a psychological experiment being done?

Answer 2

7th century b.c.

Question 3

where was the first ever psychological experiment being done?

Answer 3

Egypt

Question 4

who did the first-ever psychological experiment?

Answer 4

Pharaoh Psamtik I

Question 5

who promoted empiricism?

Answer 5

John Locke and Thomas Reid

Question 6

what is empiricism?

Answer 6

the idea that all knowledge comes from experience

Question 7

what principle was taught in u.s. colleges and universities in the 1800s?

Answer 7

empiricism

Question 8

who showed us that though the human senses were fallible, the mind could be measured using science?

Answer 8

Hermann von helmholtz and wilhelm wundt

Question 9

who was Wilhelm Wundt?

Answer 9

german physician, psychologist, and philosopher and is considered the founding figure of modern psychology.

Question 10

who was credited for the development of modern science?

Answer 10

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 11

who has written extensively on the nature of mind and knowledge?

Answer 11

John Locke

Question 12

who attracted students from around the world to study the new experimental psychology and to work in his lab?

Answer 12

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 13

what type of psychology spread rapidly throughout north America?

Answer 13

experimental

Question 14

by 1900, how many laboratories were in the united states and Canada?

Answer 14

40

Question 15

who wasn’t welcome to participate in experimental psychology research?

Answer 15

women researchers

Question 16

who was regarded as writing the most influential and important book in the field of psychology?

Answer 16

William James

Question 17

what book was called the most influential and important book in the field of psychology?

Answer 17

the principles of psychology

Question 18

who taught us that consciousness is ongoing and continues; it cannot be isolated and reduced to elements?

Answer 18

William James

Question 19

who was the first ever woman elected president of the American Psychological Association?

Answer 19

Mary whiton calkins

Question 20

in what year was the first ever woman elected president of the American psychological association?

Answer 20

1905

Question 21

who founded the first psychological laboratory in America?

Answer 21

G. Stanley hall

Question 22

who was the first-ever African American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology in the U.S?

Answer 22

Francis Cecil Sumner

Question 23

who was one of the leading figures in a new perspective on psychology called functionalism?

Answer 23

William James

Question 24

what is functionalism?

Answer 24

a school of American psychology that focused on the utility of consciousness.

Question 25

who proposed that the mind often processes information simultaneously?

Answer 25

gestalt psychologists

Question 26

who served as a father figure in the rise of cognitive psychology in America?

Answer 26

gestalt psychology

Question 27

what became a major force in American psychology in the 20th century?

Answer 27

behaviorism

Question 28

in what year did psychologists begin to recognize that behaviorism was unable to fully explain human behavior?

Answer 28

1960

Question 29

what was the reason why behaviorism couldn’t fully explain human behavior?

Answer 29

neglected mental processes

Question 30

who developed modern intelligence tests?

Answer 30

Alfred binet

Question 31

what was Alfred Binet’s modern intelligence tests?

Answer 31

reasoning and problem solving

Question 32

who introduced Alfred Binet’s modern intelligence test to the U.S?

Answer 32

Henry Goddard

Question 33

who standardized the modern intelligence test?

Answer 33

Lewis Terman

Question 34

applied psychology was not limited to mental testing. What does it apply to?

Answer 34

military, business, industry, and education

Question 35

in 1917, applied psychologists organized to create what?

Answer 35

standards for education, training, and licensure

Question 36

in what year did the American association for applied psychology was created?

Answer 36

1930

Question 37

who proposed the scholar-practitioner model and the doctor of psychology?

Answer 37

Vail conference

Question 38

in what year the scholar-practitioner model and doctor of psychology were proposed?

Answer 38

1973

Question 39

how many divisions of psychology does the APA recognize?

Answer 39

58

Question 40

by using the methods and tools of science, what have psychologists challenged?

Answer 40

assumptions, stereotypes, and stigma

Question 41

in what year was the Society for the psychological study of social issues (SPSSI) was created?

Answer 41

1936

Question 42

who did research on the psychology of sex differences?

Answer 42

Helen Thompson Woolley and Leta S. Hollingworth

Question 43

who studied the segregated education of African-American children?

Answer 43

Mamie Phipps Clark and Kenneth Clark