Names
This person led the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
Who was Wundt?
This -ism says psychology is to analyze the basic elements of consciousness and their relationships through introspection.
What is structuralism?
William Wundt established these 2 things that promoted more research in psychology.
What are the first formal lab and a research journal?
A theory that explains personal motivations and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior.
What is Psychoanalytic Theory?
A system of related ideas used to explain a set of observations
What is a theory?
Psychoanalysis was developed by this person. They really want to know about your parents.
Who was Freud?
This -ism says psychology should investigate the purpose of consciousness.
What is functionalism?
Increased use of animals in psychological testing
What is Behaviorism?
A branch of psychology concerned with diagnosis and treatment.
What is clinical psychology?
Psychologists include the study of internal events to fully understand mental behavior. This is often considered the main focus in psychology and is the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge.
What is Cognition?
This person thought the environment in which you were raised had a bigger impact on you than your genetic background.
Who was Watson?
This -ism says all actions are determined in predictable ways as they are governed by external stimuli. We are all controlled by our environments.
What is behaviorism?
Skinner had no time for this thing that Freud though our true and deep desires lay under.
What is the unconscious?
An approach employing theory and research to understand adaptive, creative, and fulfilling aspects of human existence
What is positive psychology?
Systematic and careful observation of one's own consciousness
What is introspection?
This environmentalist thought free will was an illusion.
Who was Skinner?
Observable knowledge
What is empiricism?
This is the idea from Watson Alters that says scientific psychology should study only this type of behavior.
What is observable?
Assessing the adaptive value of behavioral processes
What is Evolutionary Psychology?
How genetic factors, the brain, and the nervous system influence and regulate behavior.
What is Physiological Psychology?
Name both humanists.
Rogers and Maslow
This emphasized peoples' freedom and potential for personal growth
What is Humanism?
Statistics and measurements of behavior leading to analysis and assessments of personality and intelligence, commonly linked to scientific racism.
What is psychometrics?
A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders.
What is psychiatry?
An analysis of things like: comments heard cumulatively over a lifespan influencing a person's perception of another group, creating prejudices or attractions.
What is Social psychology?