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Psych: History
AP Psych cards for history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wilhelm Wundt | Set up the first Psychological laboratory. Trained subjects in introspection. |
| Introspection | Technique by Wilhelm Wundt to record subject's cognitive reactions to simple stimuli. |
| William James | Published "The Principles of Psychology", psychology's first text book. |
| Functionalism | Examines how the mental processes described by Wilhelm Wundt function in our lives. |
| Max Wertheimer | Gestalt Psychologist who was against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures. [Total experience] |
| Sigmund Freud | Believed he discovered the unconscious mind. [a part of our mind over which we do not have conscious control that determines how we think and behave.] |
| Psychoanalytic Theory | Described by Freud, based on the unconscious mind. |
| John Watson | Declared that psychology must limit itself to observable phenomena to be considered a science. [Behaviorist] |
| Ivan Pavlov | Performed pioneering conditioning experiments on dogs. [Classic conditioning model of learning.] |
| B.F. Skinner | Expanded the basic ideas of behaviorism to include reinforcement. |
| Behaviorism | Thought that Psychologists should only look at behavior and causes of behavior and not of elements of consciousness. |
| Humanist Perspective | (Maslow and Rogers) stressed individual choice and free will. Believe our choices are guided by physiological, emotional, or spiritual needs. |
| Psychoanalytic Perspective | Believe the unconscious mind controls much of our thoughts and actions. [Impulses and memories] |
| Biopsychology [Neuroscience] | Explain human thought and and behavior strictly in terms of biological processes. |
| Evolutionary [Darwinian] Perspective | Examine human thoughts and actions in terms of natural selection. |
| Behavioral Perspective | Explain human thought and behavior in terms of conditioning. |
| Cognitive Perspective | Examine thought and behavior in terms of how we interpret, process, and remember environmental events. |
| Social-Cultural Perspective | Looks at how our thoughts and behaviors vary from people living in other cultures. [The influence of culture on our thoughts and actions] |
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