Introduction
The scientific study of the mind
What is psychology?
He was fascinated with patients suffering with hysteria and neurosis
Who was Sigmund Freud?
This word means "the whole"
What is Gestalt?
Early work in the field of behaviorism was conducted by this psychologist
Who was Ivan Pavlov?
A perspective in psychology that emphasizes the potential for good that is innate to all humans
What is humanism?
The acquisition of knowledge based on observation an experimentation
What is the empirical method?
The first person to be referred to as a psychologist
Who was Wilhelm Wundt?
The process of examining one's own conscious experience as objectively as possible
What is introspection?
This individual focused on how behavior was affected by its consequences
Who was B. F. Skinner?
The individual who developed a hierarchy of human needs
Who is Abraham Maslow?
The active application of a set of skills to information for the understanding and evaluation of that information
What is critical thinking?
This psychologist studied a form of learning behavior called a conditioned reflex
Who was Ivan Pavlov?
The attempt to understand the structure or characteristics of the mind
What is structuralism?
This is a chamber that isolates the subject from the external environment
What is the Skinner Box?
The highest level of need on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
What is Self-Actualization?
This mortal was given a series of impossible tasks to complete by the Greek goddess Aphrodite
Who was Psyche?
The three German psychologists credited with introducing Gestalt principles to the American Psychologists
Who are Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Kohler?
This focused on how mental activities helped organisms fit into their environment
What is functionalism?
This was a major object of study of behaviorists
What is learned behavior?
An approach that utilized unconditional positive regard, genuineness, and empathy
What is Client-Centered therapy?
This is a form of empiricism
What is the scientific method?
The psychologist who believed the purpose of psychology was to study the function of behavior in the world
Who was William James?
The individual who was a major proponent of shifting the study of psychology from the mind to behavior
Who was John B. Watson?
This psychologist thought the study of consciousness was flawed
Who was John B. Watson?
These individuals are two well-known proponents of humanistic psychology
Who are Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers