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21 Cards in this Set
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Define psychology
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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
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2000 years ago what greek philosopher wrote about sleep, dreams, senses and memory? (p.s. he also wrote about the traits and dispositions of animals)
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Aristotle
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Who proposed interactive dualism (the idea that mind and body are separate)?
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Rene' Descartes
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Who was the founder of Psychology?
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Wilhelm Wundt
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Other name for nature vs. nurture?
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Hereditary vs. Environment
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Who created Functionalism?
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William James
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Who created Structuralism?
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Edward Titchener
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Who opened the first worldwide psychology research laboratory?
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Wilhelm Wundt
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Who defined psychology as the study of consciousness?
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Wilhelm Wundt
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What male professor allowed more women to get psychology doctorates than anyone else?
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Edward Titchener
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Who wrote On the Origin of Species?
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Charles Darwin
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Name three of William James' students.
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Mary Whiton Calkins
Margaret Floy Washburn Francis Sumner |
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Who founded the first psychology research laboratory in the U.S.?
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G. Stanley Hall
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Who was the first woman president at the ACA?
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Mary Whiton Calkins
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Who was the first woman to get a Ph.D. in psychology?
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Margaret Floy Washburn
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Who was the first black man to get a Ph.D. in psychology?
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Francis C. Sumner
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What is psychoanalysis?
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The idea that unconscious conflicts determine behavior and personality.
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What did Freud believe?
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That behavior is motivated by unconscious conflicts that are almost always sexual/aggressive.
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Who founded Behaviorism?
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John B. Watson
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Who founded Humanistic Psychology?
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Carl Rogers (Abraham Maslow also advocated it)
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Who are the three key scientists in the development of behaviorism?
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Ivan Pavlov
John B. Watson B.F. Skinner |
