Early Psychologists
This psychologist opened the first psychology laboratory in 1879 in Leipzig, Germany, and influenced early experimental psychology.
Wilhelm Wundt?
This term refers to the belief that certain races are biologically superior or inferior.
What is racism?
Early psychologists used these tools to measure sensory responses like hearing, taste, and reaction time.
What are brass instruments?
This theory suggests that behavior and abilities are mostly inherited rather than shaped by the environment.
What is nativism?
This scientist promoted eugenics and believed intelligence and success were inherited traits.
Francis Galton?
This 19th-century belief argued that the strongest and most intelligent people would survive and dominate others.
What is Social Darwinism?
Scientists used this body measurement to claim racial differences in intelligence.
What is skull capacity or skull measurement?
This concept examines differences in mental abilities across racial or cultural groups.
What is ethnical psychology?
This scientist classified humans into racial categories based on skull shapes and measurements.
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach?
This movement encouraged selective breeding to “improve” the human race.
What is eugenics?
At this 1904 event, psychologists tested people from different cultures to compare intelligence.
What is the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair?
The book argues that early psychological research often reflected the racial biases of the time rather than objective science.
What is bias in early psychology?