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AP psych 1
theories and theorists
Term | Definition |
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Socrates and Plato | Introspection; Examining your own thoughts and feelings |
Aristotle | Knowledge grows from experiences stored in our memories |
Francis Bacon | Scientific method |
Wilhelm Wundt | Structuralism; Conscious experience is broken into objective sensations and subjective feelings |
Gestalt psychology | Consciousness can be best understood by observing it as a total experience rather than breaking it down |
William James | Functionalism; Consciousness works to help people adapt to their environments |
Sigmund Frued | psychoanalysis; Unconscious motives and internal conflicts determine behavior. Uses theory to explain behavior, developmental psych, etc |
John B Watson | behaviorism; Believed the study of Psych should be limited to observable behavior |
B.F. Skinner | behaviorism AND reinforcement; Introduced the concept of reinforcement to control and maintain behavior |