Purdue PSY 120 - exam 1|55 Practice Questions With 100% Correct Answers
William Wundt - ️️father of psychology, structuralism Edward Titchener - ️️Student of Wilhelm Wundt; founder of Structuralist school of psychology. Charles Darwin - ️️-Evolution by "natural selection" (the weaker die out) wrote On the Origin of Species William James - ️️founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment Sigmund Freud - ️️founder of psychoanalysis Structuralism - ️️the analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind Functionalism - ️️A school of psychology that focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish. Psychoanalysis - ️️A method of studying how the mind works and treating mental disorders Behaviorism - ️️assumes that the behavior of a human or an animal is a consequence of that individual's history, including especially reinforcement and punishment, together with the individual's current motivational state and controlling stimuli. descriptive methods - ️️STUDIES (SURVEYS, OBSERVATIONS) A research method that provides a systematic and objective description of what is occurring.
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