1.Wilhelm Wundt: The first man of psychology. Started it in 1879 when
conducted experiment about hearing and being aware of it.
2.Structuralism: Early school of psychology that used introspection to
explore the structural elements of the human mind.
3.Functionalism: school of psychology.how our mental and behavioral
processes function --how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
counsciouness serves a function.
4.Edward Bradford Titchener: Edward Bradford Titchener aiemd to
discover the structural elements of the mind through introspection. He
introduced structuralism.
5.Introspection: Self-reflection, looking inward.
6.Charles Darwin: evolutionary theorist
7.William James: Harvard psychology professor. Impish, outgoing,
joyous. Admit- ted first female student.
8.Mary Calkins: First female student in psychology, earning first
female PhD. in psychology.
9.Ivan Pavlov: pioneered the study of learning.
10.Sigmund Freud: developed an influential theory of personality.
11.Jean Piaget: influential observer of children
12.Psychology: the science of behavior and mental processes
13.Behaviorists: the view that psychology should be an objective
science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes.
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, 14.Humanistic Psychology: historically significant perspective that
emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual's
potential for personal growth.
15.Abraham Maslow: developed the Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Was a
human- istic psychologist, emphasized the imporance of current
environment influences on our growth potential, and the importandce
of having our needs for love and acceptance satisfied.
16.Carl Rogers: Humanistic psychologist.
17.Behavior: How an animal or human acts
18.cognitive neuroscience: interdisciplinary study of the brain activity
linked with cognition: perception, thinking, memory, and language.
19.nature-nuture-issue: controversy of relative contributions that genes
and expe- rience make to the development of psychological traits and
behaviors.
20.natural selection: principle that inherited traits will most likely pass
on to suc- ceeding generations if contributing to reproduction and
survival.
21.levels of analysis: different complementary views (biological,
psychological, social-cultural,...) for analyzing phenomenons.
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