The History of Psychology

Question 1

When was the start of Modern Psychology?

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1879

Question 2

How did Psychology begin?

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Hermann von Helmholtz discovered that senses can deceive through his work on color vision. Wilhelm Wundt introduced psychology as an experimental field, studying the structure of the mind.

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Gustav Fechner and Ernst Weber

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Psychophysics researchers - concerned with stimuli vs. perception/sensation

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Father of Modern Psychology

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Empiricism (and who?)

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The belief that all knowledge comes through experience/senses (John Locke)

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Introspection

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The method of identifying one’s own consciousness through self-report reactions

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When was the first psychological lab?

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1879

Question 8

Who brought Psychology to America?

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Edward Bradford Titchener

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Structuralism (and who?)

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Focus on the individual parts of the mind. Introspection as method. (Wilhelm Wundt and Edward B Titchener)

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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First woman to get PhD in Psychology (1894). Second woman president in APA (1921)

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

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Founded in 1988, felt that APA started to focus less on the science aspect of psychology.

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Father of American Psychology

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William James

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Functionalism

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An approach focused on the functions of the mind as a whole

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William James

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Principals of Psychology (1890), Functionalism

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Granville Stanley Hall

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First PhD in Psychology (1878), First Psychological Lab in America (1883), Founder of American Journal of Psychology (1887), Founder of APA (1892)

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Mary Whiton Calkins

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Denied PhD in 1895, became first APA president in 1905

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James Mckeen Cattell

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Intelligence can be measured, Eugenics

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Gestalt Psychology (when?)

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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. 1912 by Max Wertheimer. Precursor to Cognitive Psychology.

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Behaviorism (who?)

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The theory that all observable behavior is what psychology studies. Learning is external.

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Ivan Pavlov

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Conditioned Learning/Classical Conditioning. Believed the environment controlled human behavior.

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George Miller

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Studied working memory and invented 7 plus/minus 2.

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Roger Brown

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Studied flashbulb memory and tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

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Lightner Witmer

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Introduced clinical psychology and founded school psychology

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American Association for Applied Psychology (AAAP)

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Founded in 1937, anything related to application of psychology (schools, therapy, consulting, etc.)

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Scientist-Practitioner Model

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1947 onwards, knowledge in research and practice is required for applied psych

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Scholar-Practitioner Model

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1973, PsyD endorsed by APA; a more research focused rather than original research focused

Question 27

What’s the association for the societal study of psychology called?

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Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)

Question 28

When was homosexuality removed from the DSM?

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1973

Question 29

DSM stands for

Answer 29

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders