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This religious movement, which grew rapidly in the 1820s, included lay participation in religious services and was the basis of “shout tradition."
What is Methodism.
This psychologist founded the first psychological laboratory in the United States at Johns Hopkins University.
Who is Stanley Hall.
The child study movement primarily focused on scientifically studying this population to improve education and development.
What is children.
Early applied psychologists were sometimes criticized for working too closely with this sector to improve productivity.
What is business or industry.
This organization, founded in 1892 by G. Stanley Hall, helped legitimize psychology as a scientific discipline in the United States.
What is the American Psychological Association (APA)
This psychological perspective emphasized studying the purpose and practical functions of mental processes.
What is Functionalism.
This president of the American Society for Psychical Research wanted to apply scientific study to psychical phenomena such as hypnotism and clairvoyance, which some dismissed as pseudoscience.
Who is William James.
This country is where Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychology laboratory.
What is Germany.
One challenge early psychologists faced was balancing scientific objectivity with this expectation from the public.
What is practical usefulness or real world solutions.
This revised intelligence test, developed by Lewis Terman, became one of the most widely used intelligence assessments in the world.
What is the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test.
This is the process by which a local culture or region develops its own form of psychology.
What is indigenzation.
This psychologist is often considered the founder of clinical psychology after opening a clinic to help schoolchildren in 1896.
Who is Lightner Witmer.
Psychologists who worked with soldiers during World War I helped develop these tools to measure ability.
What are intelligence tests.
This early concern led psychologists to reassure universities that their work would not conflict with religious beliefs.
What is fear of psychology undermining morality or religion.
This “ism” describes a pragmatic approach to apply psychology to education and business.
What is functionalism.
This type of philosophy focuses on ethics and conduct.
What is moral philosophy.
This Progressive Era engineer wrote Principles of Scientific Management and influenced industrial applications of psychology.
Who is Frederick Winslow Taylor.
This event in the mid-19th century led to an increase in spiritualism, as a way for families to connect with their lost loved ones.
What is the Civil War.
This Scottish school of thought, brought to the US by John Witherspoon, focuses on the knowledge of real things in the world perceived directly through the senses.
What is Scottish common sense school.
Early psychologists often had to justify their work by showing measurable results, reflecting psychology’s emphasis on being this type of science.
What is empiricism.
This type of philosophy focuses on the elements and processes of the mind and how they influence action.
What is mental philosophy.
This Viennese physician created a precursor to hypnotism, based on the balance of bodily fluids.
Who is Franz Anton Mesmer.
This state of mind was thought by some to be a doorway into the spirit realm.
What is a mesmeric state.
One of the tenets of Deism is that God has no direct influence on this.
What is day-to-day affairs.
Methodism, Seventh-Day Adventism, and Mormonism are examples of religious...
What are revivals.