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Ap Psychology 1
Term | Definition |
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Psychology | is defined as the science of behavior and mental processes |
Rene Descartes (1596-1650) | interactive dualism- the idea that the mind and body are separate entities. |
Wilhelm Wundt | Principles of Physiological Psychology First psychology research laboratory at University of Leipzig Study of consciousness and emphasized the use of experimental methods to study and measure consciousness. |
Edward B. Titchener (1867-1927) | Established structuralism Trained subjects in perdure called introspection |
Structuralism | Held that complex conscious experiences could be broken down into elemental structures, or component parts, of sensations and feelings. |
William James (1842-1910) | Functionalism Stressed the importance of adaptation to environmental challenges |
G. Stanley Hall | Received the first Ph.D in psychology. Established the first psychology research laboratory in the United States at Johns Hopkins Founded and was the first president of the American Psychological Association |
Mary Whiton Calkins (1862-1930) | Memory, personality, and dreams First woman to be elected president to the APA Harvard refused to grant her the degree |
Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939) | First woman to officially earn a Ph.D in psychology Animal Mind Second woman elected president of th eAPA |
Francis C. Sumner (1895-1954) | First african american to receive Ph.D in psychology |
Kenneth Bancroft Clark | First african american to become president of the APA |
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) | Psycholanalyis |