Important People in Psychology
Fields of Psychology
Trends in Psychology
Philosophical & Biological Roots
Careers in Psychology
100
Individual who focused on the unconscious.
Who is Freud?
100
Study of effects people have on each other
What is social psychology?
100
An approach that relied on introspection
What is structuralism?
100
French philosopher and mathematician called the father of modern philosophy.
Who is Rene Descartes?
100
Individual that works in private practice and hospitals.
What is a clinical psychologist?
200
Used introspection
Who is Wundt?
200
seeks to understand causes of individual differences in patterns of behaviour.
What is personality psychology
200
approach that focused on the purpose of behaviour
What is functionalism?
200
The philosophical belief that reality consists of mind and matter.
What is dualism?
200
Individual that identifies and treats behavioural consequences of nervous system disorders and injuries.
What is a clinical neuropsychologist?
300
Founded behaviourism
Who is John Watson?
300
branch of psychology devoted to investigation and treatment of abnormal behaviour and psychological disorders.
What is clinical psychology?
300
approach that emphasizes the unconscious
What is Psychodynamic theory?
300
one area of speech production
What is broca's region?
300
An individual that works in private law firms and public agencies in the justice system. Examines behaviour as it relates to the legal system.
What is a forensic psychologist?
400
father of experimental psychology
Who is Wundt?
400
branch of psychology that examines perception, attention, learning, memory, problem solving.
What is cognitive psychology
400
approach that focuses only on observable behaviours
What is behaviourism?
400
German physiologist who generated the doctrine of specific nerve energies.
Who is Johannes Muller?
400
An individual that examines behavioural issues of students in the school setting.
What is a school psychologist?
500
Stated that at birth, the mind was a tabula rasa.
Who is John Locke?
500
branch of psychology that examines cognitive psychological functions by studying the brain mechanisms that are responsible for them.
What is cognitive neuroscience?
500
An approach that emphasizes choice, positive growth.
What is humanistic psychology?
500
French surgeon who discovered a region of the brain as a center for speech.
Who is Paul Broca?
500
An individual who works in corporations and advertising agencies. Examines purchasing behaviour of individuals in the marketplace.
What is a consumer psychologist?
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