Unit 1 people Flashcards

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structuralism

founded organization of experimental psychologists

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Edward Bradford Titchener

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ran 1st psych lab in germany
measured “atoms of the mind”
laid foundation for structuralism

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Wilhelm Wundt

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functionalist
thought thinking was adaptive
Harvard teacher, greatest legacy: lab work
wrote Principles of Psychology
taught Calkins
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William James

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1st female president of APA
denied PhD from Harvard
Took James’ psych seminar

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Mary Whiton Calkins

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honored as 1st female psych PhD
2nd female pres of APA
wrote The Animal Mind
grad advisor-Titchener

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Margaret Floy Washburn

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pioneered study of learning

Russian phsyiologist

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Ivan Pavlov

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developed the psychoanalytic theory of personality
emphasized the way emotional responses to childhood experiences and our unconscious thought processes effect our behavior

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Sigmund Freud

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dismissed introspection
redefined psych as the scientific study of observable behavior
behaviorist
science is rooted in observation-record and observe behavior

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John B. Watson

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followed Watson

dismissed introspection
redefined psych as the scientific study of observable behavior
behaviorist
science is rooted in observation-record and observe behavior

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BF Skinner

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pioneered humanistic psych
emphasized the importance of current environmental influences on growth potential and the importance for having our needs for love and acceptance satisfied

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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

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wrote On the Origin of Species
formed natural selection principle
evolution can also be applied to behavior

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Charles Darwin

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