Psychology Chapter 1

Question 1

Structuralism - Definition

Answer 1

Uses the method of Introspection to identify the basic elements/structures of psychological experience

Question 2

Structuralism - Contributors

Answer 2

Wilhelm Wundt , edward b. titchener

Question 3

Functionalism - Definition

Answer 3

Attempts to understand why animals and humans have developed the particular psychological aspects that they currently possess

Question 4

Functionalism - Contributors

Answer 4

William James

Question 5

Psychodynamic - Def

Answer 5

Focuses on the role of our unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories and our early childhood experiences in determining behavior

Question 6

Psychodynamic - Con

Answer 6

Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Erik Erickson

Question 7

Behaviourism - Def

Answer 7

Based on the premise that is is not possible to objectively study the mind therefore that psychologists should limit their attention to the study of behavior itself

Question 8

Behaviorism - Con

Answer 8

John B. Watson, B.F. Skinner

Question 9

Humanistic - Def

Answer 9

look at human behavior not only through the eyes of the observer but through the eyes of the person doing the behaving

Question 10

Humanistic - Con

Answer 10

Carl Rodgers

Question 11

Cognitive - Def

Answer 11

The study of mental processes including perception, thinking, memory, and judgments

Question 12

Cognitive - Con

Answer 12

Herman Ebbinghaus, Fredrick Bartlett, Jean Piaget

Question 13

Social-cultural - Def

Answer 13

The study of how the social situations and the cultures in which people find themselves influence thinking and behavior

Question 14

Social-Cultural - Con

Answer 14

Fritz Heider, Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter