Intro Flashcards
Wilhelm Wundt
First psychology experiment. Sound of ball drop test.
Edward Bradford Titchener
Introduced structuralism. Introspection.
Structuralism
An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind.
Introspection
Looking inward to examine one’s emotional and emotional processes.
Functionalism
The school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function-how they enable us to adapt and survive and flourish.
William James
Functionalist. Thought of the functions of thoughts. Wrote “principles of psychology.”
Ivan Pavlov
Study of learning Russian
Sigmund Freud
Personality theorems, Austrian
Jean Piaget
Study children, Swiss
Skinner
Thought psychology was about observing behavior
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Started to humanistic psychology which focused on current environmental circumstances and how they affect growth. Also revolved along the need for love.
Cognitive revolution
How the brain gets information
Psychology
The study of behavior and mental processes
Aristotle
Thought meals make a sleepy by causing gas to collect around our personality/heart.