Exam 1 People

Wundt

started the first psychology lab measuring reaction time

Titchener

a structuralist who wanted to classify elements of the mind’s structure

James

functionalist that considered the evolved functions of thoughts

Calkins

first female president of the APA but denies PHD from Harvard

Washburn

first female PHD in psychology and second female APA president

Watson’s first definition

the science of mental life

Skinner’s second definition

the scientific study of observable behavior

Freud

psychologist who focused on how the unconscious mind and childhood impact behavior

Plato

believed that people are born with a set character and intelligence

Aristotle

naturalist who believed that the mind comes from the external world

Darwin

proposed evolution by natural selection

Counseling psychologist

assists people with problems in living

Clinical psychologist

studies and treats people with psychological disorders

Psychiatrist

specialty of physicians who provide medical treatments as well as psychological therapy

Atkinson and Shiffin

proposed three-stage memory model of sensory to short term to long term memory

Baddeley

expanded on Atkinson and Shiffrin model renaming short term memory to working memory

Miller

proposed that 7 pieces of info can be stored in short term memory at once

Craik and Tulving

ran experiments flashing words and asking certain questions to test retention and different levels of processing

Maslow and Rogers

psychologists who focused on human growth and needs