History of Psychology

Question 1

Break down the word Psychology, what does it mean?

Answer 1

Psyche: soul, spirit, mind
Logos: the study of

Question 2

What is psychology?

Answer 2

The scientific study of mind and behavior.

Question 3

Who opened the first psych lab and when?

Answer 3

Wilhelm Wundt in 1979

Question 4

Psychology in Ancient Civilizations: Egyptians.

Answer 4

Linked brain injuries to behavioral changes

Question 5

Who believed in Nature vs Nurture and what does it mean?

Answer 5

Plato believed in the preeminence of “Nature,” suggesting that knowledge and characteristics are innate. Aristotle emphasized “Nurture,” arguing that experience and education shape individuals.

Question 6

Phrenology

Answer 6

Phrenology is a now-discredited theory that the shape and size of various areas of the skull could determine a person’s personality traits, character, and mental abilities.

Question 7

Structuralism

Answer 7

Attempted to analyze conscious experience by breaking it down into basic elements. How is the mind structured?

Question 8

Introspection

Answer 8

Subjective observation of one’s own experience.

Question 9

Limitations of Structuralism

Answer 9

• Experience is subjective
• Difficult to access subconscious aspects of cognition

Question 10

Functionalism

Answer 10

Study of the purpose and function of behaviors and mental processes.

Question 11

Behaviorism

Answer 11

Study only observable behavior

Question 12

Psychoanalytic Theory

Answer 12

Attempts to explain how behavior and personality are influenced by unconscious processes

Question 13

Cross-Cultural Psychology

Answer 13

Field that draws comparisons about individual and group behaviours across cultures.