Unit 1 people Flashcards
structuralism
founded organization of experimental psychologists
Edward Bradford Titchener
ran 1st psych lab in germany
measured “atoms of the mind”
laid foundation for structuralism
Wilhelm Wundt
functionalist thought thinking was adaptive Harvard teacher, greatest legacy: lab work wrote Principles of Psychology taught Calkins
William James
1st female president of APA
denied PhD from Harvard
Took James’ psych seminar
Mary Whiton Calkins
honored as 1st female psych PhD
2nd female pres of APA
wrote The Animal Mind
grad advisor-Titchener
Margaret Floy Washburn
pioneered study of learning
Russian phsyiologist
Ivan Pavlov
developed the psychoanalytic theory of personality
emphasized the way emotional responses to childhood experiences and our unconscious thought processes effect our behavior
Sigmund Freud
dismissed introspection
redefined psych as the scientific study of observable behavior
behaviorist
science is rooted in observation-record and observe behavior
John B. Watson
followed Watson
dismissed introspection
redefined psych as the scientific study of observable behavior
behaviorist
science is rooted in observation-record and observe behavior
BF Skinner
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
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
wrote On the Origin of Species
formed natural selection principle
evolution can also be applied to behavior
Charles Darwin