Important People: Unit 1

Question 1

Wilhelm Wundt (The Father of Psychology)

Answer 1

established the first psychology laboratory at the University of Leipzig, Germany
- developed objective introspection
- made the first attempt to study human behavior
- led to structuralism (focus on the structure of the mind)

Question 2

William James

Answer 2

Taught anatomy and physiology at Harvard
- Created Functionalism
- influenced by Darwin and natural selection, how mind allows humans to function in everyday life
- How did consciousness impact everyday life?
Influenced evolutionary psychology

Question 3

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 3

conditioned dogs to anticipate food by pairing food with a bell

• showed that an involuntary reaction (reflex) could be caused to occur in response to unrelated stimuli

sound + food = digestion

sound = digestion

Question 4

Sigmund Freud

Answer 4

specialized in nervous disorders
- Believed that the unconscious was where we push and repress all our emotions, creating nervous disorders, and childhood impacted our identities

Question 5

John Watson

Answer 5

father of behaviorism: rejected the conscious, focused only on observable behavior.

• believed phobias were a result of conditioning, not the unconscious