Famous Psychologist
Theories and Approaches
The Brain
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Did studies on sleep and dreams.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100
Belief that genetics and evolution influence human behavior.
What is bological psychology?
100
Center for hearing.
What is the auditory cortex?
100
Having to do with an organism's thinking or understanding.
What is cognitive?
100
Specialty of medicine devoted to study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders.
What is psychiatry?
200
Discovered the conditioned reflex.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
200
Belief that people are controlled by what they learned from the environment.
What is behaviorist?
200
Controls endocrine system.
What is the pituitary gland?
200
Relating to one's physical processes and functions.
What is psychological?
200
Some argue psychology isn't a science because it lacks this,
What is hard facts?
300
Identified brain speech center
Who is Paul Broca?
300
Each person is responsible for our own happiness.
What is humanism?
300
Controls walking, balance, and coordination
What is the cerebellum?
300
Approach to gathering information and answering questions.
What is the scientific method?
300
Description, exploration, prediction, and influence.
What is the goals of psychology?
400
Set up first psychology laboratory.
Who is Wilhem Wundt?
400
Belief that people are similar to computers in terms of processing information.
What is biological psychology?
400
Knowledge about natural phenomena for its own sake.
What is basic science?
400
Renaissance refined this idea.
What is experimentation through observation?
500
Discovered idea of reinforcement.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
500
Belief that behavior is based on the unconscious mind.
What is psychodynamic perspective?
500
Regulates vital functions.
What is the medulla
500
These were the first to study human behavior.
What is the Greeks?