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History of Psychology Flashcards

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Whats the purpose of learning the history of psychology?

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it offers opportunities to make sense of how it has grown and developed and it defines who we are.

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when was the earliest record of a psychological experiment being done?

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7th century b.c.

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where was the first ever psychological experiment being done?

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Egypt

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who did the first-ever psychological experiment?

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Pharaoh Psamtik I

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who promoted empiricism?

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John Locke and Thomas Reid

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what is empiricism?

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the idea that all knowledge comes from experience

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what principle was taught in u.s. colleges and universities in the 1800s?

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empiricism

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who showed us that though the human senses were fallible, the mind could be measured using science?

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Hermann von helmholtz and wilhelm wundt

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who was Wilhelm Wundt?

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german physician, psychologist, and philosopher and is considered the founding figure of modern psychology.

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who was credited for the development of modern science?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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who has written extensively on the nature of mind and knowledge?

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John Locke

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who attracted students from around the world to study the new experimental psychology and to work in his lab?

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Wilhelm Wundt

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what type of psychology spread rapidly throughout north America?

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experimental

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by 1900, how many laboratories were in the united states and Canada?

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40

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who wasn’t welcome to participate in experimental psychology research?

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women researchers

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who was regarded as writing the most influential and important book in the field of psychology?

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William James

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what book was called the most influential and important book in the field of psychology?

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the principles of psychology

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18
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who taught us that consciousness is ongoing and continues; it cannot be isolated and reduced to elements?

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William James

19
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who was the first ever woman elected president of the American Psychological Association?

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Mary whiton calkins

20
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in what year was the first ever woman elected president of the American psychological association?

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1905

21
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who founded the first psychological laboratory in America?

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G. Stanley hall

22
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who was the first-ever African American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology in the U.S?

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Francis Cecil Sumner

23
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who was one of the leading figures in a new perspective on psychology called functionalism?

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William James

24
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what is functionalism?

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a school of American psychology that focused on the utility of consciousness.

25
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who proposed that the mind often processes information simultaneously?

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gestalt psychologists

26
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who served as a father figure in the rise of cognitive psychology in America?

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gestalt psychology

27
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what became a major force in American psychology in the 20th century?

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behaviorism

28
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in what year did psychologists begin to recognize that behaviorism was unable to fully explain human behavior?

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1960

29
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what was the reason why behaviorism couldn’t fully explain human behavior?

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neglected mental processes

30
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who developed modern intelligence tests?

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Alfred binet

31
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what was Alfred Binet’s modern intelligence tests?

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reasoning and problem solving

32
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who introduced Alfred Binet’s modern intelligence test to the U.S?

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Henry Goddard

33
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who standardized the modern intelligence test?

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Lewis Terman

34
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applied psychology was not limited to mental testing. What does it apply to?

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military, business, industry, and education

35
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in 1917, applied psychologists organized to create what?

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standards for education, training, and licensure

36
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in what year did the American association for applied psychology was created?

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1930

37
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who proposed the scholar-practitioner model and the doctor of psychology?

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Vail conference

38
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in what year the scholar-practitioner model and doctor of psychology were proposed?

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1973

39
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how many divisions of psychology does the APA recognize?

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58

40
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by using the methods and tools of science, what have psychologists challenged?

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assumptions, stereotypes, and stigma

41
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in what year was the Society for the psychological study of social issues (SPSSI) was created?

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1936

42
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who did research on the psychology of sex differences?

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Helen Thompson Woolley and Leta S. Hollingworth

43
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who studied the segregated education of African-American children?

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Mamie Phipps Clark and Kenneth Clark

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