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18 Cards in this Set
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William Wundt |
Concious response time-lag experiment inventor, 1879 |
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Structuralism |
used introspection to report experiences |
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Edward Titchener |
used introspection to search for the mind's structural elements |
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Functionalism |
study of functions of thoughts and feelings |
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William James |
studied functionalism, asked why things do what they do |
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Mary Calkins |
Studied under James, got a PhD in psychology from Harvard but was denied the title. Became first female APA president. |
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humanistic psychology |
study of ways that current environmental influences can nurture or limit our growth potential |
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Behaviorism |
Studying only behaviors that are observable |
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John Watson |
Redifined psychology as "the scientific study of observable behavior" |
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B.F. Skinner |
leading behaviorist, studied how consequences shape behavior |
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Sigmund Freud |
founded Freudian psychology, studied unconcious thought processes, how childhood experiences affect behavior |
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Father of modern clinical psychology |
Sigmund Freud |
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Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers |
studied happy people, developed theories of treatments |
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Nauture |
Nature and nurture working together |
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Biopsychosocial |
Levels of analysis |
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Basic Research |
builds the foundational knowledge base for the field |
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Applied research |
Makes use of basic knowledge to study and address real world problems |
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Dendrites and Axons |
Axons speak and dendrites listen |
