Scientists Flashcards
Socrates and Plato
Dualism, finite amount of learning, death is not the end
Aristotle
Monist, mind = body, death is the end, tabula rasa
Descartes
Dualism, mind/body are distinct
John Locke
nature vs. nurture father (tabula rasa)
Darwin
studied animals, learned about human evolution
Wundt
structuralism, atoms of the mind, “to be aware of awareness takes longer”
Titchener
structuralism, introspection, slurry in stomach
James
first psych textbook, evolutionary psych
Wertheimer
cognitive, founded Gestalt, “the whole of anything is greater than its parts”
Watson
classical conditioning, little Albert experiment, feared a neutral stimulus
Freud
psychoanalysis, (id, ego, superego) psychosexual stages, dreams (OAPLG)
BF Skinner
active learning, operant conditioning, participation based on reinforcement
Phineas Gage
suffered brain injury, changed personality
Breuer
psychoanalysis, talk therapy, hypnosis
Anna O
Breuer’s patient, hysteria, talking treatment
Pavlov
learned behavior, dog learns to drool with bell, conditioned stimulus
Mary Cover Jones
behavior therapy, eliminate phobias in children
Carl Rogers
unconditional positive regard, client centered therapy
Mazlow
humanistic, hierarchy of needs (real vs. ideal self)
Piaget
“kids aren’t just stupid adults,” SOCKS progression (Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete, Formal)
Erin Beck
cognitive behavior therapy/rational emotive behavioral therapy (CBT/REBT), switch to positive thoughts
Albert Ellis
irrational –> rational (REBT), realistic thoughts
Darley + Latane
sociocultural, diffusion of responsibility when emergency
Bouchard
twin studies, twins split apart still have similar personality (genes triumph)