PSY 121-Exam 1-Missouri State University-SP18
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1. Psychology The scientific study of
behavior and mental
processes
2. Four Goals of Psychology Description,
Explanation,
Prediction, and
Control
3. Wilhelm Wundt "Father of Psychology";
in-
trospection-1879
4. Edward Titchener Wundt's student;
brought structuralism
to America
5. Margaret Washburn First woman to
earn a Ph.D. in
psychology
6. William James founder of
functionalism;
studied how humans
use perception to
function in our
environment
7. Minorities in Psychology many of psychology's
ear- ly pioneers were
minori- ties such as
African Amer- icans
who, despite prej-
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,PSY 121-Exam 1-Missouri State University-SP18
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udice and racism,
made important
contributions to the
study of human and
animal behavior
8. Functionalism Influenced the Modern Fields of educational,
evolutionary,
industrial, and
organiza- tional
psychology
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9. Wertheimer Started Gestalt. Studied
sensation and
perception
10. Freud proposed that the
uncon-
scious mind controls
much of our conscious
behavior in his theory
of psycho- analysis
11. Watson proposed a science of
be-
havior called
behaviorism, focused
only on the study of
observable stimuli
and responses
12. Watson and Raynor demonstrated that a
pho- bia could be
learned by
conditioning a baby to
be afraid of a white
rat-Little Albert
13. Mary Cover Jones one of Watson's more
fa- mous students in
behav- iorism and
child devel- opment,
later demonstrat- ed
that a learned pho-
bia could be counter-
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questions well answered already passed
1. Psychology The scientific study of
behavior and mental
processes
2. Four Goals of Psychology Description,
Explanation,
Prediction, and
Control
3. Wilhelm Wundt "Father of Psychology";
in-
trospection-1879
4. Edward Titchener Wundt's student;
brought structuralism
to America
5. Margaret Washburn First woman to
earn a Ph.D. in
psychology
6. William James founder of
functionalism;
studied how humans
use perception to
function in our
environment
7. Minorities in Psychology many of psychology's
ear- ly pioneers were
minori- ties such as
African Amer- icans
who, despite prej-
1/
23
,PSY 121-Exam 1-Missouri State University-SP18
questions well answered already passed
udice and racism,
made important
contributions to the
study of human and
animal behavior
8. Functionalism Influenced the Modern Fields of educational,
evolutionary,
industrial, and
organiza- tional
psychology
2/
23
, PSY 121-Exam 1-Missouri State University-SP18
questions well answered already passed
9. Wertheimer Started Gestalt. Studied
sensation and
perception
10. Freud proposed that the
uncon-
scious mind controls
much of our conscious
behavior in his theory
of psycho- analysis
11. Watson proposed a science of
be-
havior called
behaviorism, focused
only on the study of
observable stimuli
and responses
12. Watson and Raynor demonstrated that a
pho- bia could be
learned by
conditioning a baby to
be afraid of a white
rat-Little Albert
13. Mary Cover Jones one of Watson's more
fa- mous students in
behav- iorism and
child devel- opment,
later demonstrat- ed
that a learned pho-
bia could be counter-
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