The Origins Of Modern Psychology

Front 1

What is the fundamental principal of Structuralism

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Study of the elements of the mind through Introspection.

Hint 1

Wundt - Founder 1879
Titchener - Student - Brought Structuralism to USA

Front 2

Who was the founder of the original Physics Lab?

Back 2

Wilhelm Wundt - 1879

Hint 2

Also founded Structuralism at the same time - Study of the elements of the mind through introspection.

Front 3

What is the fundamental principal of Functionalism

Back 3

Study of the functions of the mind and how we use it. "Purpose of consciousness"

Hint 3

Differs from Structuralism which studies the elements of the mind.

Front 4

Which early proponent of Functionalism believed in the "stream of consciousness"?

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William James

Hint 4

Unlike Wundt - he believed the mind could not be studied as a collection of the individual parts.

Front 5

Which approach to psychology believes in the practical aspects of psychology such as creating optimal conditions for learning or choosing the right worker for a specific job?

Back 5

Functionalism

Hint 5

William James was on of the earliest proponents of this approach to psychology.

Front 6

During its most influential period - functionalism was most strongly associated with which two individuals?

Back 6

James Angell & Robert Woodworth

Front 7

What major concept differs Functionalism from Structuralism.

Back 7

Functionalist believe in the study of the stream of consciousness as opposed to the individual parts of the conscious mind.

Front 8

Which school of psychology challenged the beliefs of structuralists'.

Back 8

Gestalt Psychology

Hint 8

Believed the whole mind differs from the sum of the individual stimuli that make up the mind.

Front 9

Gestalt Psychology was mainly concerned with what school of thought?

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Our perception of a whole differs from our perception form individual stimuli.

Hint 9

Holistic approach.

Front 10

What school of psychology shifted from the study of the mind to the study of observable behavior?

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Behavioral Psychology

Hint 10

We are a function of past history, current circumstances, biological composition

Front 11

How do structuralism, functionalism and Gestalt psychology differ from behaviorism?

Back 11

Where structuralism, functionalism and Gestalt focused on studying the mind in some from - behaviorists focus on studying observable behavior.

Front 12

Wertheimer, Kohler, Koffka were all key members in studying which school of psychology?

Back 12

Gestalt Psychology

Hint 12

This school of thought believed the whole is different from the parts.

Front 13

His study of digestion in dogs led to important observations about how animals associate events in their environment.

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Ivan Pavlov

Front 14

Who was the founder of Behaviorism?

Back 14

William B Watson

Front 15

Who's principals of behavior have been use to train dolphins, seals and whales?

Back 15

B. F. Skinner

Front 16

Which school of psychology emphasizes free will and individuals' control of their own behavior?

Back 16

Humanistic Perspective

Front 17

Why did Freud abandon hypnosis as a treatment for patients?

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Because he realized not everyone could be hypnotized.

Front 18

Whose system of humanistic psychology focused on free will and being able to control one's own behavior?

Back 18

Carl Rogers

Front 19

What school of psychology believes that every behavior (human or animal) is related to some physiological change within the body?

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Physiological Perspective

Front 20

Which psychologists study how nerve cells (neurons) communicate with one another?

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Physiological psychologists

Front 21

Which physiological psychologist discovered the brain receptors for the neurotransmitters called endorphin and enkephalin

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Candace Pert

Front 22

Which school of psychology studies the role a physiological structure or behavior plays in helping an organism adapt to its environment

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Evolutionary perspective

Front 23

Which school of psychology focus on how thought occurs, how memory works and how information is organized and stored?

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Cognitive perspective

Front 24

Who was the first woman to be elected as president of the American Psychological Association. (Also founded one of the first psychology labs in the US)

Back 24

Mary Whiton Calkins

Front 25

What female psychology researcher was denied a regular academic position because she was married?

Back 25

Christine Ladd-Franklin

Front 26

Who was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. from the university of California at Berkeley.

Back 26

Milicent Shinn

Front 27

Who was the first African American to receive a Ph.D in psychology?

Back 27

Francis C. Sumner

Front 28

Which research method uses information obtained from one person or a few people to illuminate the behaviors of others and to suggest further research.

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Case Study

Front 29

Which research method observes behaviors as they occur, without any intervention or alteration.

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Naturalistic observation

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Research method in which data on the incidence of two variables are analyzed to determine the extent to which those variables tend to occur together.

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Correlational research

Front 31

Which research method gathers information from a representative sample of a larger population, using face-to-face or telephone interviews or written questions.

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Survey research

Front 32

Which research method uses a holistic research strategy that is typically carried out in a natural setting and focuses on an entire phenomenon or culture. The goal is to provide a complete narrative description of the behavior of interest.

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Qualitative research

Front 33

Which psychological perspective attempted to identify the basic elements and structure of conscious experience

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Structuralism

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Hint 33

Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) and Edward B. Titchener

Front 34

Which psychological perspective is concerned with the purposes of consciousness-what the mind does and why-and how that information could be put to practical use

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Functionalism

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Hint 34

William James (1842-1910)
and James Rowland
Angell (1869-1949)

Front 35

Which psychological perspective made major contributions to understanding how we perceive the world as different from the sum of its individual elements

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Gestalt

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Hint 35

Max Wertheimer (1880-1943),
Wolfgang Kohler (1887-1967),
and Kurt Koffka (1886-1941)

Front 36

Which psychological perspective focuses on observable behaviors without speculating about mental processes such as thinking; a major emphasis is that learning plays a key role in controlling and influencing all behaviors

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Behavioral

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Hint 36

John B. Watson (1878-1958)
and B. F. Skinner (1904-1990)

Front 37

Which psychological perspective is based on the belief that the unconscious mind exerts great control over behavior and that early childhood experiences are a major influence on personality development

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Psychodynamic

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Hint 37

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

Front 38

Which psychological perspective focuses on the creative potential and psychological health of human beings while emphasizing the individual's interpretation of events, free will and control of one's own behavior

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Humanistic

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Hint 38

Carl Rogers (1902-1987) and
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)

Front 39

Which psychological perspective focuses on the processes of thinking, memory, and organizing and storing information

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Cognitive

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Hint 39

George Miller (b. 1920),
Jerome Bruner (b. 1915),
and Ulric Neisser (b. 1928)

Front 40

Which psychological perspective focuses on the underlying physiology involved in all forms of behavior and mental processes; uses increasingly sophisticated research tools to investigate brain functioning and conduction of nerve impulses; also investigates the role of heredity in normal and abnormal behavior patterns

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Physiological

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Hint 40

Karl S. Lashley (1890-1958)

Front 41

Which psychological perspective focuses on why a particular behavior or physical structure developed and how that behavior or structure aids in adaptation to the environment

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Evolutionary

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Hint 41

D. M. Buss

Front 42

Which psychological perspective focuses on the influence that different cultures and diverse individuals have on the research process and the results of that process

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Cultural and diversity

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Hint 42

Janet Hyde and David Matsumoto

Front 43

Which psychological perspective focuses on the interactions between human behavior and population and the environment

Back 43

Environmental, population, and
conservation

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Hint 43

Susan Clayton and George
Wilmouth