People Flashcards
(10 cards)
Wilhelm Wundt
Father of Psychology
Aristotle
Was interested in nature & life. He studied people and animals. He studied people’s behaviors.
Wundt & Titchener
wanted to identify the basic elements of conscious experience.
J. Henry Alston
Studies of the sensations of heat & cold.
Wrote first article published by African American psychologist in journal of APA.
Maz Wertheimer
Interested in nature of conscious experience. Led group of psychologists.
Gestalt psychologists
believed the human consciousness couldn’t be broken down.
William James
Taught first Psych course at Harvard. He published an influential early textbook of Psych.
Darwin
Theory of evolution
Hermann Ebbinghaus & Mary Whiton Calkins
Memory studies
Alfred Binet
Developed a way to measure intelligence. Formed questions to mark intelligence.