The Story of Psychology Flashcards
helped make psychology a science with carefully measured observations and experiments
Wilhelm Wundt
asked how feelings, thoughts, and behaviors may contribute to survival, or what function they serve
developed functionalism
William James
developed Pavlov’s research on classical conditioning to understand how feelings are conditioned by experience
John Watson
researched how reinforcement and punishment could shape behavior in people and animals
B.F. Skinner
emphasized the importance of studying how people thrive and created methods to help people feel accepted and valued
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
focused on the role of the unconscious and childhood experiences in emotional problems
Sigmund Freud
used introspection to try to understand the structure of the mind
Edward Titchener
“OCD is an inherited condition”
Behavioral Genetics
“OCD comes from our natural instinct to control our environment”
Evolutionary
“It’s a sign of unresolved childhood issues”
Psychodynamic
“OCD is a matter of mental habits and errors that can be corrected”
Cognitive
“OCD thinking and behavior is a reaction to our fast-paced, out of control lifestyles”
Social-cultural
“Compulsions start as habits and are rewarded by the anxiety relief they bring”
Behaviorist
“Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a problem in the orbital cortex”
Neuroscience
The first psychology laboratory was established by
Wilhelm Wundt
