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Structuralism
Willhelm Wundt "Father of Psychology"
Edward Titchner ( brought to US )
Introspection - looking inward to observe reactions to stimuli
Most scientist's conclusions disagreed
Funtionalism
William James
Focused on how the mind helped us adapt to our environment - influenced by Darwin
PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY (1890 )
Behaviorism
John B. Watson
Study of Observable Behavior
studied animals behavioral reactions to stimuli
B.F Skinner
behavior determined by rewards/penalties
Skinner Box - learning experiments w/ animals
Gestalt
Max Wertheimer
Whole is more than the sum of the parts
Phi Phenomenon - illusion of continuous motion between separate objects viewed in rapid succession
Humanistic
Carl Rogers / Abraham Maslow
Humans are by nature perfectible to self actualization
related to pschotherapists
used case studies for data
Psychoanalytic
Sigmund Freud
Focus on unconscious determinants as the main factor of behavior determinants
conscious mental life just the tip of the iceberg
mental illness
recognized childhood affects adulthood
"child is the father to the man"
individual differences
Alfred Binet, France
Inherited Differences genetically
Intelligence testing formula
B = f(r)
Name the modern approaches to psychology
Psychoanalysis - Freud
Behaviorism - Watson
Cognitive
Behavioral Neuroscience
Individual Differences - IQ tests
Humanistic - Rogers
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