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| the scientific study of behavior and mental processes |
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| the idea that mind and obdy were separate entities that interact to produce sensations, emotions, and toerh conscious experiences |
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nature-nurture issue
(heredity vs. environment) |
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| phiosopher debated for centuries which was more important. used to be vs. now is it how they are both important |
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| branch of biology that studies the functions and parts of living organisms, including humans |
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established psychology as a distinct scientific discipline
wrote Principles of Physiological Psychology
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opened the first psycholoy research laboratory
later devoted himself to "Folk Psychology" (the study of social and cultural influences on mental life)
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developed Structuralism
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studied under Wundt
established a psychology laboratory that had 26 rooms in Ithaca, New York |
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1st major schools of psychology
held that even our most complex conscious experiences could be broken down into elemantal structures
(component parts) |
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| anything perceptablr to the senses, such as sight, sound, smell, tough, or taste |
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viewing a simple stimulus and then try to reconstruct their sensation and feeling immediately after viewing it
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developed Functionalism (another early school of psychology)
American, and taught at Harvard university
wrote Principles of Psychology
taught diverse topics: brain function, habit, memor, sensation, perception, and emotion |
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| stressed the importance of how behavior functions to allow people and animals to adapt to their environments - did not limit their methods to introspection |
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wrote Origin of Species
Naturalist
gathered evidence from any difference scientific fields to present a readable, compelling account of evolution throught he mechanism of natural selection |
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American psychologist who established the first psychology research laboratory in the US and founded the American Psychological Association
received the first Ph.d in psychology awarded in the US
began publishing the American Journal of Psychology
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first female president of the American Psychological Association
taught experimental psychology at the new women's college (Wellesley College)
wrote Introduction to Psychology (textbook) |
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first female to be awarded a Ph.D in psychology
second female president of the American Psychological Association
wrote The Animal Mind |
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| first African American to receive a Ph.D in psychology and who chaired the psychology department at Howard University |
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developed psychoanalysis
believed that human behavior was motivated by unconcious conflicts that wew almost always sexual or aggresive in nature |
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| emphasized the role of unconcious conflicts in determning behavior and personality |
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focused on th scientific study of overy bahavior that could be objectively measured and verified
rejected the emphasis on consciousness promoted by structuralism and functionalis, as well as Fredusian notions of unconcious influences |
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| observable behaviors that could be onjectively measured and verified |
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Russian physiologist
proved his theory with a dog (salivating)
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American psychologist
believed strongly in behaviorism |
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| how behavior is acquired and modified in response to environmental influences |
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American psychologist
believed that psychology should restict itself to studying outwardly observable behaviors that could be measured and verified |
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("third force" - third school of psychology)
conscious experience, psychological growth, and self-direction
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emphasized the conscious experiences of his patients, including each person's unique potential for psychological growth and self-direction
emphasized self-determination, free will, and the importance of choise in human behavior |
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humanistic psychologist
developed a theory of motivation that empsazied psychological growth |
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