Unit 1

Question 1

Empirical Approach uses

Answer 1

curiosity, skepticism, humility

Question 2

pseudo-psychology

Answer 2

psychology not based in science

Question 3

psych vs psychiatry

Answer 3

psychiatry is medical. they TREAT condidtions

Question 4

trephination

Answer 4

cutting holes in skulls to let evil spirits out

Question 5

Rene Descartes

Answer 5

Argued human sensations came from activity in the nervous system

Question 6

When was psychology officially a science

Answer 6

mid 1800’s

Question 7

Structuralism

Answer 7

basing psych on the structures of the mind. relies on introspection

Question 8

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 8

First to declare himself a psychologist
“father of psych”
Merged philosophy and psychology
created first formal lab
1st to publish psych research
Structuralist

Question 9

Psych date of birth

Answer 9

1879

Question 10

Stanley Hall

Answer 10

Studied under Wundt
1st research lab
1st American journal
1st APA president

Question 11

William James

Answer 11

1st US psychologist
Functionalist

Question 12

Functionalism

Answer 12

how your brain functions to work in its environment

Question 13

Mary Whiton Calkins

Answer 13

Was refused a Harvard PHD
founded labs a Wellesley
1st Female APA presidency

Question 14

Margaret Floy Washburn

Answer 14

1st female PHD
started behavioralism
2nd woman APA pres

Question 15

Leta Stretter Hollingworth

Answer 15

adolescent development
mental retardation
1st to coin “gifted children”
tried to prove women aren’t inferior

Question 16

Biological View

Answer 16

how our biology dictates the brain
evolution

Question 17

Neuropsychology

Answer 17

how the physical relates to the brain

Question 18

Methodological Constraint

Answer 18

study cant be replicated

Question 19

Psychoanalysis

Answer 19

mental disorders result from conflicts in the unconscious mind

Question 20

Behaviorism

Answer 20

It isn’t about how you feel, its about how you act

Question 21

John B Watson

Answer 21

behaviorist
believed the mind couldn’t be understood

Question 22

BF Skinner

Answer 22

revived behavioralism
environmental factors contribute
repeat things that give positive outcome

Question 23

Ivan Pavlov

Answer 23

classical conditioning

Question 24

Gestalt Psychology

Answer 24

focused on the whole not the parts
perception and behavior as a whole
the whole isn’t a sum of the parts

Question 25

Humanistic Psychology

Answer 25

emphasizes qualities unique to humans
optimistic

Question 26

Carl Rogers

Answer 26

human behavior based on sense of self
drive for personal growth

Question 27

Developmental View

Answer 27

nature vs nurture
changes across lifespan

Question 28

Jean Piaget

Answer 28

intelligence isn’t fixed at birth

Question 29

Cognitive View

Answer 29

Actions a related to how we perceive our environment

Question 30

Language Acquisition Device

Answer 30

ability to learn and understand a language
built in from birth

Question 31

Albert Ellis

Answer 31

developed Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy

Question 32

Aaron Beck

Answer 32

pioneer in cognitive therapy
suggested negative beliefs cause depression
cognitive triad: negative thoughts of self, world and future

Question 33

Trait theory

Answer 33

study of human personality. measurement of traits

Question 34

Martin Seligman

Answer 34

founder of positive psychology

Question 35

Eclectic Perspective

Answer 35

no one view has all the answers