Chapters 1&2 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Who = structuralism?
Wilhelm Wundt
Who built the psychology lab?
Wilhelm Wundt
What category do basic element of consciousness fall into? (objective sensations, subjective feelings)
Structuralism
Who = psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud
Who developed talking cure?
Freud
What says unconscious motives and internal conflicts affect behavior?
psychoanalysis
Who = functionalism?
William James
Who/what says experience is a continuous stream on consciousness?
William James, Functionalism
Who wrote first modern psychology textbook? (Principles of Psychology)
William James
What has to do with how mental processes help organisms adapt?
Functionalism
Who = behaviorism?
John B Watson
What/who says research is limited to what can be observed/measured? (not consciousness)
Behaviorism; Watson
Who = introspection?
Socrates
Who believed in reinforcement element of behavior?
Skinner
What says contexts influence perception?
Gestalt school of psychology
Cognitive
private, unobservable mental processes; thought and problem solving
psychological constructs
concepts enabling us to discuss something that cannot be seen touched or measured directly
theory
why something is the way it is/ happens the way it does
principle
rule or law
introspection
examining ones own thoughts “looking within”
structuralism
Wundt- objective sensations and subjective feelings
functionalism
William James - purposes of behavior and mental processes
behaviorism
study of observable behavior; behave in ways that are reinforced
psychoanalysis
Freud - unconscious motives
