Lecture 1: History of Cog Psy

Question 1

Herman Von Helmholtz

Answer 1

Founder of opthalmology who created a theory of color vision
Wundt and James studied under him

Question 2

William James

Answer 2

Father of American psychology
Started first American psych lab
Proposed primary memory vs secondary memory
‘Principles of Psychology’

Question 3

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 3

Father of Psychology
Started first German psych lab
Studied human cognition through introspection

Question 4

Franciscus Donders

Answer 4

Tested reaction time
Simple RT vs Choice RT

Question 5

Herman Ebbinghaus

Answer 5

Tested memorization of 3 letter groups
Re-learning

Question 6

Ernst Weber

Answer 6

Measured noticed difference
Linear relationship between smallest perceived difference and quantity

Question 7

Edward Titchner

Answer 7

Structuralism proponent along with Wundt

Question 8

Structuralism

Answer 8

Based on chemistry’s periodic table
create basic building blocks of the mind
Defined what was allowable in psych
Excluded mental illness, social psych

Question 9

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 9

Classical Conditioning
Proponent of behaviorism

Question 10

John Watson

Answer 10

Created behaviorism
Eliminated the mind as a topic of study

Question 11

B.F. Skinner

Answer 11

Operant Conditioning

Question 12

Behaviorism

Answer 12

Attacked introspectionism

Question 13

‘Verbal Behavior’ (year)

Answer 13

Book by Skinner in 1957
Argues children learn language through operant conditioning
Controversial among linguists

Question 14

Downfall of Behaviorism

Answer 14

Tolman’s experiment
Internal map created without reward

Question 15

Bousfield

Answer 15

Cluster memory
Clashes with behaviorism

Question 16

Re-emergence of cog psy (yrs and explanation)

Answer 16

50s-70s
Dissatisfaction w/ behaviorism’s account of complex behavior