What is Psychology? - ANSWER The scientific study of behavior and mental
processes
Scientific Method - ANSWER Answering questions objectively based on
observable facts, data and established methods
Behaviour - ANSWER Observable Actions
What is in our "mental processes"? - ANSWER 1. Thoughts
2. Feelings
3. Sensations
4. Perceptions
5. Motivations
6. Dreams
,7. Subjective Experiences
Who developed psychology? - ANSWER Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)
Established the first psychology lab in 1879 in Germany
Wilhelm Wundt's beliefs - ANSWER 1. Mental processes should be studied by
using experimental methods
2. He was primarily concerned with consciousness which he referred to as the
awareness of the immediate experience or "atoms of the mind"
How did the science of Psychology develop? - ANSWER Wundt built an
apparatus that gauged the time difference between hearing a ball strike a
platform and striking a telegraph key.
Subjects responded in approximately 1/10 of a Second following instructions to
strike the key as soon as the ball struck the platform.
They also replied in 2/10 of a second when instructed to press the key as soon as
they were conscious of perceiving the sound
Edward Titchener - ANSWER Utilized data from introspection (self-
examination) to report on sensations and other elements of experience
What theory did Edward Titchener propose? - ANSWER Structuralism (by
using introspective reports to build a view of the mind's structure)
, What did Edward Titchener theorize? - ANSWER Complex conscious parts
could be broken down into basic structures
An example of this would include Introspection (observation) of conscious
experience and describing what those experiences were like
About William James - ANSWER 1. He lived from 1842-1910
2. Founding father of American Psychology
3. First psychology professor at Harvard
James' theory concerning functionalism - ANSWER The processes of the mind
evolved due to life preserving functions
Mary Whilton Calkins (1863-1930) - ANSWER 1. First woman founder of
psychology laboratories in North America
2. Never recieved a PhD because of inequality of women's rights during the
1800's
3. Became the first woman president of the American Psychological
Association in 1905
Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939) - ANSWER 1. First woman to receive a
PhD in psychology
2. Second woman to become president of the Psychological Association
processes
Scientific Method - ANSWER Answering questions objectively based on
observable facts, data and established methods
Behaviour - ANSWER Observable Actions
What is in our "mental processes"? - ANSWER 1. Thoughts
2. Feelings
3. Sensations
4. Perceptions
5. Motivations
6. Dreams
,7. Subjective Experiences
Who developed psychology? - ANSWER Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)
Established the first psychology lab in 1879 in Germany
Wilhelm Wundt's beliefs - ANSWER 1. Mental processes should be studied by
using experimental methods
2. He was primarily concerned with consciousness which he referred to as the
awareness of the immediate experience or "atoms of the mind"
How did the science of Psychology develop? - ANSWER Wundt built an
apparatus that gauged the time difference between hearing a ball strike a
platform and striking a telegraph key.
Subjects responded in approximately 1/10 of a Second following instructions to
strike the key as soon as the ball struck the platform.
They also replied in 2/10 of a second when instructed to press the key as soon as
they were conscious of perceiving the sound
Edward Titchener - ANSWER Utilized data from introspection (self-
examination) to report on sensations and other elements of experience
What theory did Edward Titchener propose? - ANSWER Structuralism (by
using introspective reports to build a view of the mind's structure)
, What did Edward Titchener theorize? - ANSWER Complex conscious parts
could be broken down into basic structures
An example of this would include Introspection (observation) of conscious
experience and describing what those experiences were like
About William James - ANSWER 1. He lived from 1842-1910
2. Founding father of American Psychology
3. First psychology professor at Harvard
James' theory concerning functionalism - ANSWER The processes of the mind
evolved due to life preserving functions
Mary Whilton Calkins (1863-1930) - ANSWER 1. First woman founder of
psychology laboratories in North America
2. Never recieved a PhD because of inequality of women's rights during the
1800's
3. Became the first woman president of the American Psychological
Association in 1905
Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939) - ANSWER 1. First woman to receive a
PhD in psychology
2. Second woman to become president of the Psychological Association
