Exam 1

Question 1

Gustav Fecher

Answer 1

-research in psychophysics
-wrote the book “Elements of Psychophysics”, it was considered to be the first psy book

Question 2

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 2

-20 years after Fecter
-started his own lab and got people involved in 1869 (Leyzig Unvi.)

Question 3

Wundt

Answer 3

-tried to discover the basic elements of the human mind. He does this through introspection.

Question 4

Eary Research in Psychology

Answer 4

-problem: not reliable (or valid)
-an alternative (Behaviorism)

Question 5

British Empiricism

Answer 5

-believe what happens to us, makes us who we are! Experience shapes us.
-Locke believed we were born with a blank slate.

Question 6

Positivism

Answer 6

-“truth” = agreement among observers

Question 7

Evolutionary Theory

Answer 7

-continuity among species

Question 8

Pragmatism

Answer 8

-practical

Question 9

Behaviorism

Answer 9

-any action that can be measured (counted)

Question 10

John B. Waston

Answer 10

-“Psychology as the Behaviorist views it”
-his work didn’t have any immediate impact
-he was a good salesman

Question 11

Behavior

Answer 11

-(verbs, -ing words)
-running
-“I am”

Question 12

Not Behaviors

Answer 12

-(nouns)
-perception, memory, emotion, knowledge, and personality
-when turned into an -ing word, it’s a behavior