UNFINISHED Unit 1: History and Approaches

Question 1

Empiricism

Answer 1

Untested idea that all concepts are gained from experience, that we are born as a blank slate
Important Figure: John Locke

Question 2

Structuralism

Answer 2

Broken down essentials of the brain
Important Figures: Edward Bradford Titchener

Question 3

Functionalism

Answer 3

The mind adapting to ones environment, how experience allows us to function better
Important Figure: William James, Mary Whiton Calkins

Question 4

Experimental Psychology

Answer 4

The study of behavior through experimentation

Question 5

Behaviorism

Answer 5

Learned, unconditioned behavior
Important Figures: John B Watson, Rosalie Rayner

Question 6

Humanistic Psychology

Answer 6

The study of how humans could maximize their growth
Important Figures: Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow

Question 7

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 7

Perspectives, how our brain processes things, memory

Question 8

Nature/Nurture

Answer 8

How you are born VS How you are raised

Question 9

Natural Selection

Answer 9

Adapting to environments / developing traits to survive

Question 10

Levels of Analysis