Origins of Psychology
17th Century
Who was Sir Francis Galton?
19th Century English Mathematician
What method did Wundt develop?
Introspection
What did the three original Gestalt Psychologists argue about perception?
That is was more than the sum of its parts; that it involves a "whole pattern"
What country was Golf invented in?
Scotland
How did the scientific method help improve the understanding of psychology?
Allowed us to repeat experiments with consistent results.
What did Galton find when he traced different ancestry?
Properties are passed down biologically
Was Wundt a Structuralist or a Functionalist?
Structuralist
What three psychologists disagreed with Structuralism?
Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, and Kurt Koffka
What year was the first Girls Golf matched played?
1811
What is Dualism?
The idea that the world is rules by 2 opposing forces.
What did Francis want to understand?
How heredity influences a person's abilities, character, and behavior
What year did William James teach his first year of Psychology?
1875
What did Gestalt Psychologists study?
How sensations are assembled into perceptual experiences
What country was Golf banned 3 times in?
How did the Renaissance affect Psychology?
Brought back the Greek Philosophical belief that humans are self-aware and self-determinant.
What did Galton encourage for favorable offsprings?
"Good" marriages
What study did Wundt persue?
Human behavior in a systematic and scientific manner
Give an example of perception based off of Gestalt Psychology
How many PGA Matches has Tiger Woods won?
82 PGA Matches
What 2 men were credited with making Psychology an official topic?
Wilhelm Wundt and William James
Why did Galton's theories become central to new sciences?
They emerged an independent discipline.
What 4 things did William James speculate serve 1 major function in the brain?
Thinking, Feeling, Learning, and Remembering
What approach to psychology did Gestalt Psychologists directly influence?
Cognitive approaches
What is the chance to get a hole-in-one?
1 in a 12 500 chance