Quiz 1 Flashcards
Functionalism
how mental and behavioral processes function and adapt people to survive
Who believed in Functionalism?
William James
Behaviorism
punishments / rewards drive behaviors
Who believed in behaviorism (3)?
John Watson, Rosalie Rayner, B.F. Skinner
Humanism
importance of environmental influences on growth potential
What is most commonly known to be associated with humanism?
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Who believed in humanism?
Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow
Structuralism
self reflection reveals structure of the mind
Empiricism
knowledge comes from experience
Tabula Rasa theory
mind is blank slate at birth
What did Wilhelm Wundt do?
establish first pysch research lab in Germany
Who believed in structualism?
Edward Titchener
Nature leaning people
Plato, Socrates, Darwin, Freud, James
Nurture leaning people
John Locke, Aristotle, Wilhelm Wundt, Watson, Rayner, Skinner
Cognitive Neuroscience
study of brain activity relating to function