Historically Speaking
The "Early" Days
Multiple Perspectives
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Tricky Tidbits
100
The acclaimed father of psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
100
Examines the unconscious mind, it's motives, and internal conflicts.
What is psychoanalysis?
100
This approach emphasizes internal conflicts, mostly unconscious, causing anxiety.
What is the psychoanalytic perspective?
100
I graduated from med school and have the ability to prescribe medication to my patients as a source of therapy
What is a psychiatrist?
100
Training your dog to shake using delicious dog biscuits is related to which major psychologist?
Who is B.F Skinner?
200
The founder of Psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud?
200
Relies solely on the strength of observable events
What is behaviourism?
200
This approach emphasizes individual potential for growth and stress, individual choice and free will.
What is the humanistic approach?
200
I investigate the influence we have on each other such as mobs?
What is a social psychologist?
200
A researcher studies the effects of brain lesions in rats. This research study reflects this modern perspective
What is the biological perspective?
300
I believe that the study of psychology should be limited to observable behaviour
Who is John B. Watson?
300
States our consciousness works to help people adapt to their environments
What is functionalism?
300
This approach emphasizes the way in which people receive, store, retrieve, and process information
What is the cognitive perspective?
300
I spend most of my time looking at and evaluating the behaviour of shoppers
What is a consumer psychologist?
300
The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes
What is psychology?
400
The year psychology is BORN
What is 1879?
400
This theory believes that our consciousness is broken down into two parts: the objective & subjective
What is structuralism?
400
This approach emphasizes the influence culture has on the way we think and act
What is the sociocultural perspective?
400
I tend to be involved in the field of law and can act as an expert witness to testify in trials
What is a forensic psychologist?
400
Research which aims to solve practical problems
What is applied research?
500
Examining one's own thoughts and feelings
What is introspection?
500
"The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts" is a quote that would describe this early school of psychology
What is gestalt psychology?
500
This perspective emphasizes learning, especially each person's experiences with rewards and punishment
What is the behavioural approach?
500
I attempt to study and help improve student issues related to learning such as motivation
What is an educational psychologist?
500
This early school of psychology used introspection to analyze conscious experiences
What is structuralism?
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