One of the first approaches to claim that certain mental abilities might be localized to specific regions in the brain: founded the now defunct field of "Phrenology"
Who is Franz Joseph Gall
100
The theory that the mind can be understood by breaking it down into it's smallest components
What is Structuralism
100
These two psychologists founded "Humanistic" psychology
Who are Maslow and Rogers
100
The creation of what modern-day machine led us into the "cognitive revolution"---bringing the "mind" back into Psychology
What is the computer
200
Believed that knowledge is acquired through experience with the world
Who is Aristotle
200
A french scientist who removed pieces of the brain (in rats) to determine whether or not there was a direct connection to specific behaviors
Who is Pierre Flourens
200
The theory that the only truly scientific way to understand humans is to study overtly observable behavior
What is Behaviorism
200
This fellow developed an approach to therapy called "Psychoanalysis"
Who is Sigmund Freud
200
A Physiologist who founded classical conditioning (hint: dogs and bells)
Who is Pavlov
300
Believed that the mind and body were separate and distinct from another ("Dualism")
Who is Descartes
300
Studied brain damaged patients and discovered that damage to a specific area of the temporal lobe caused problems with speech production
Who is Paul Broca
300
The theory that emphasized how mental abilities help people adapt to their environment
What is Functionalism
300
These two psychologists treated hysteric patients using hypnosis
Who are Charcot and Janet
300
Studied human memory using 'non-sense syllables'
Who is Hermann Ebbinghaus
400
According to Descartes, this is the area of the brain though which the mind and body communicate.
What is the Pineal Gland
400
The railroad worker, whose accidental encounter with a iron rod, helped us to understand the connection between the frontal lobe and 'personality'
Who is Phinneas Gage
400
A theory devised by Maw Wertheimer, that claimed the 'whole is greater than the sum of it's parts"
What is Gestalt
400
A scientific approach that focuses on bringing the unconscious material into the conscious
What is psychoanalysis
400
The father of Developmental Psychology. He studied cognitive errors in children
Who is Piaget
500
According to Descartes, this would be considered the "seat of the soul"
What is the mind
500
The name given to the part of the brain involved in speech production
What is Broca's Area
500
The structuralists used this technique. It is the subjective observation of one's own experience
What is Introspection
500
The Austrian physician who accidentally developed hypnosis, by putting patients into a trance during treatment
Who is Anton Mesmer
500
The first African American to receive and PhD in Psychology (1920)