psychology unit 1

Question 1

Charles Darwin

What was the lifespan, area of study (4-5 words), basics of study

Answer 1

Evolutionary Theorist, Natural Selection

Question 2

Wilhelm Wundt

What was the lifespan, area of study (4-5 words), basics of study

Answer 2

Lifespan: 1832-1920
Area of Study: Experimental Study
Basics of Research: Record thoughts and sensations, Father of Psychology, first psychology laboratory

Question 3

Edward B. Titchener

What was the lifespan, area of study (4-5 words), basics of study

Answer 3

Lifespan: 1867-1927
Area of Study: Structual Psychology
Basics of Research: Used introspection to search for the mind’s structual elements

Also founder of structual psychology

Question 4

William James

What was the lifespan, area of study (4-5 words), basics of study

Answer 4

Lifespan: 1842-1910
Area of Study: Taught Psychology
Basics of Research: Principles of Psychology

Question 5

Mary Whiton Calkins

What was the lifespan, area of study (4-5 words), basics of study

Answer 5

Lifespan: 1863-1930
Area of Study: Introspective Psychology
Basics of Research: Recorded dreams, first woman to be president of APA

Question 5

Dorthea Dix

What was the lifespan, area of study (4-5 words), basics of study

Answer 5

Area of Study: Clinical Psychology
Basics of Research: Led the way to humane treatment

Question 5

Empiricism

Answer 5

Knowledge comes from experience, and that observation and experimentation enable scientific knowledge

Question 5

Margaret Floy Washburn

What was the lifespan, area of study (4-5 words), basics of study

Answer 5

Lifespan: 1871-1939
Area of Study:
Basics of Research: The Animal Mind, first woman to receive Ph.D in psychology

Question 5

Mamie Phipps Clark & Kenneth B. Clark

What was the lifespan, area of study (4-5 words), basics of study

Answer 5

First african americans to get a doctorate in psychology

Question 5

Functionalism

Answer 5

early school thought by james and influenced by darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive and flourish

Question 5

Structuralism

Answer 5

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

Question 5

Introspection

Answer 5

The process of looking inward at an attempt to directly observe one’s own psychological process

Question 6

Cognitive Psychology

Answer 6

Study of Mental Process like when we think, remember, learn, etc

Question 7

Behavior genetics

Answer 7

study of relative power of genetic and enviornmental behaviors

Question 8

Biopsychosocial approach

Answer 8

an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural viewpoints

Question 9

SQ3R

Answer 9

Study method which is Survey, Question, Read, Retrieve, Review

Question 10

Industrial-Organizational psychology

Answer 10

Application of psychology to optimizing human behavior in workplaces

Question 11

Behavioral psychology

Answer 11

the scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning

Question 12

Basic research

Answer 12

pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base

Question 13

Applied research

Answer 13

scientific study that aimed to solve practical problems

Question 14

Biological psychology

Answer 14

Study of links between biological (genetic, neural, hormonal) and psycholoical process

Question 15

Psychometrics

Answer 15

Study of measurement of human abilities, attitudes and traits

Question 16

Clinical psychology

Answer 16

Branch of psycholoy that studies, assesses and treats people with psychological disorders

Question 17

Psychiatry

Answer 17

prescribes meds

Question 18

Positive Psychology

Answer 18

Study of human flourishing, with goals of discovering and promoting strenghts to help someone thrive