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Psychology Terms
Psychology Flash Cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Psychology | The Science of Behavior and Mental processes |
| Monism | Seeing Mind and Body as Different Aspects of the Same Thing |
| Dualism | Seeing Mind and Body as Two Different Things That Interact |
| Nature-Nurture Controversy | The Extent to Which Behavior Results From Heredity or Experience |
| Plato and Descartes | Believed that Behavior is Inborn (Nature) |
| Aristotle, Locke, and Skinner | Believed that Behavior Results from Experience (Nurture) |
| School of Structuralism | Early psychological perspective that emphasized units of consciousness and identification of elements of thought using introspection |
| Wilhelm Wundt | Founder of Scientific Psychology in Leipzig, Germany; studied consciousness using introspection |
| G. Stanley Hall | Brought introspection to his lab at Johns Hopkins University in the U.S.; First President of the American Psychological Association |
| Edward Titchener | Studied elements of consciousness at his Cornell University Lab |
| Margaret Floy Washburn | First Woman President of the American Psychological Association |
| School of Functionalism |