Psychology started as- - ANSWER the study of consciousness but did not emphasize
the unconscious.
Sigmund Frued - ANSWER -Founder of Psychoanalysis
-proposed that dream images are disguised and symbolic expressions of unconscious wishes
and urges
Wilhelm Wundt - ANSWER German physiologist who founded psychology as a formal
science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879
Functionalism emphasizes the process of consciousness - ANSWER ...
William James - ANSWER 1842-1910; Field: functionalism; Contributions: studied how
humans use perception to function in our environment; Studies: Pragmatism, The Meaning
of Truth
G. Stanley Hall - ANSWER -Est. 1st American Psychology Department
-1st president of the American Psychological Society
-American psychologist who established the first psychology research laboratory in the
United States
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, B.F. Skinner - ANSWER -Believed that psychology should focus on observable behavior
and Not on consciousness experience.
-Pioneer of operant conditioning - believed everything we do is determined by our past
history of reinforcements and punishments.
Developmental Psychologist - ANSWER a psychologist who studies the emotional,
cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures
Psychometrician: - ANSWER A psychologist who specializes in the construction and
use of tests designed to measure various psychological constructs such as intelligence and
various personality characteristics.
School Psychologist - ANSWER Psychologists who test IQ, diagnose students' academic
problems, and set up programs to improve students' achievement; assesses and counsels
students, consults with educators and parents, and performs behavioral intervention when
necessary.
Hypothesis - ANSWER possible explanation for a set of observations or possible
answer to a scientific question
Variables - ANSWER Any measurable conditions, events, characteristic, or behaviors
Theories - ANSWER a widely accepted explanatory idea that is broad in scope and
supported by a large body of evidence
Random Assignment - ANSWER assigning participants to experimental and control
conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the
different groups
Control Group - ANSWER The group that does not receive the experimental
treatment.
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the unconscious.
Sigmund Frued - ANSWER -Founder of Psychoanalysis
-proposed that dream images are disguised and symbolic expressions of unconscious wishes
and urges
Wilhelm Wundt - ANSWER German physiologist who founded psychology as a formal
science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879
Functionalism emphasizes the process of consciousness - ANSWER ...
William James - ANSWER 1842-1910; Field: functionalism; Contributions: studied how
humans use perception to function in our environment; Studies: Pragmatism, The Meaning
of Truth
G. Stanley Hall - ANSWER -Est. 1st American Psychology Department
-1st president of the American Psychological Society
-American psychologist who established the first psychology research laboratory in the
United States
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, B.F. Skinner - ANSWER -Believed that psychology should focus on observable behavior
and Not on consciousness experience.
-Pioneer of operant conditioning - believed everything we do is determined by our past
history of reinforcements and punishments.
Developmental Psychologist - ANSWER a psychologist who studies the emotional,
cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes that occur as an individual matures
Psychometrician: - ANSWER A psychologist who specializes in the construction and
use of tests designed to measure various psychological constructs such as intelligence and
various personality characteristics.
School Psychologist - ANSWER Psychologists who test IQ, diagnose students' academic
problems, and set up programs to improve students' achievement; assesses and counsels
students, consults with educators and parents, and performs behavioral intervention when
necessary.
Hypothesis - ANSWER possible explanation for a set of observations or possible
answer to a scientific question
Variables - ANSWER Any measurable conditions, events, characteristic, or behaviors
Theories - ANSWER a widely accepted explanatory idea that is broad in scope and
supported by a large body of evidence
Random Assignment - ANSWER assigning participants to experimental and control
conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the
different groups
Control Group - ANSWER The group that does not receive the experimental
treatment.
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