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AP Psych: Unit 1
Scientific Foundations of Psychology: History and Approaches
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Structionalism | Structuralism is a school of thought founded by Wilhelm Wundt and his student Edward Titchener in psychology that attempts to understand human consciousness by examining its underlying components step by step. |
| Introspection | Refers to the informal process of exploring one's own mental and emotional states. |
| Functionalism | Early psychological perspective concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities to adapt to and survive in its environment. |
| William James (1842-1910) | |
| Testing Effect | |
| Psychology | The scientific study |
| Nature | |
| Nurture | |
| Biopsychosocial Approach | Understanding behavior or mental processes from three key viewpoints: biological, psychological, and social. Best way to study psychology. |
| William Wundt (Father of Psychology) | Founder of scientific psychology in Leipzig, Germany; studied consciousness using introspection. Set up first experiment and lab. |
| G. Stanley Hill | Brought introspection to his lab at Johns Hopkins University in the United States; first president of the American Psychological Association |
| Edward B. Titchener | Studied elements of consciousness at his Cornell University lab, was Wundt's student. Founded Structionalism school |