Module 1 - History of Psychology

Question 1

Empiricism

Answer 1

The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation.

Question 2

Structuralism

Answer 2

Early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener, used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.

Question 3

Functionalism

Answer 3

Early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish.

Question 4

Experimental Psychology

Answer 4

The study of behavior and thinking using the experimental method.

Question 5

Behavioralism

Answer 5

The view that psychology should be an objective science (1) that studies behavior without reference to mental processes. (2) (Most research psychologists today agree with 1, but not 2.

Question 6

Humanistic Psychology

Answer 6

A historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people.

Question 7

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 7

The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language).

Question 8

Psychology

Answer 8

The science of behavior and mental processes.