Intro to Psychology Exam 1 Study
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Willhelm Wundt - ✔✔First person to establish a psychology laboratory in Liepzig,
Germany in 1879.
He was a physiologist and philosopher.
Structuralism - ✔✔Used introspective to explore the structural elements of the human
mind
Functionalism - ✔✔Focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function--
how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish
Sigmund Freud - ✔✔-A psychiatrist
-An Austrian physician
-He and his followers emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind and its
effects on human behavior. He attempted to cure female victims of hysteria through
speaking to them`
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, Psychologists in the 1920's-1960's - ✔✔Many pioneering psychologists such as Freud,
Piaget, Watson, Rogers, and Maslow
Behaviorists - ✔✔-Objective
-Watson and later Skinner, emphasized the study of overt behavior as the subject matter
of scientific psychology
-Between 1920 and 1960, these were the top "psychologists" and gained or lost respect
from the rest of the scientific community
B.F. Skinner - ✔✔Most famous Behaviorist
Humanistic Psychology - ✔✔Maslow and Rogers emphasized current environmental
influences on our growth potential and our NEED FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE
Psychology today - ✔✔The scientific study of behavior and our mental processes
Psychology is... - ✔✔A combo of anatomy and philosophy
Nature vs. Nurture - ✔✔The argument over whether the way you are raised
overpowers your human nature, or vice versa
Psychology's 3 Levels of Analysis - ✔✔1. Biological Influences
2. Psychological Influences
3. Social-cultural Influences
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Willhelm Wundt - ✔✔First person to establish a psychology laboratory in Liepzig,
Germany in 1879.
He was a physiologist and philosopher.
Structuralism - ✔✔Used introspective to explore the structural elements of the human
mind
Functionalism - ✔✔Focused on how our mental and behavioral processes function--
how they enable us to adapt, survive and flourish
Sigmund Freud - ✔✔-A psychiatrist
-An Austrian physician
-He and his followers emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind and its
effects on human behavior. He attempted to cure female victims of hysteria through
speaking to them`
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, Psychologists in the 1920's-1960's - ✔✔Many pioneering psychologists such as Freud,
Piaget, Watson, Rogers, and Maslow
Behaviorists - ✔✔-Objective
-Watson and later Skinner, emphasized the study of overt behavior as the subject matter
of scientific psychology
-Between 1920 and 1960, these were the top "psychologists" and gained or lost respect
from the rest of the scientific community
B.F. Skinner - ✔✔Most famous Behaviorist
Humanistic Psychology - ✔✔Maslow and Rogers emphasized current environmental
influences on our growth potential and our NEED FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE
Psychology today - ✔✔The scientific study of behavior and our mental processes
Psychology is... - ✔✔A combo of anatomy and philosophy
Nature vs. Nurture - ✔✔The argument over whether the way you are raised
overpowers your human nature, or vice versa
Psychology's 3 Levels of Analysis - ✔✔1. Biological Influences
2. Psychological Influences
3. Social-cultural Influences
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