Psych Lesson 1

Voluntarism

Voluntarism

________: Active control by intention and motives.

Max Wertheimer

________ studied Gestalt psychology.

Titchner

________ believed in structuralism.

Psychology

________: The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

Structuralism

________: The idea that experiences could be broken up into pieces (sensations and emotions)

Functionalism

________: Idea that mind allows function in the real world.

Objective Introspection

________: Reactions to objects and descriptions of immediate experience.

Behaviorism

________: Idea that psych should be a science of observable behavior.

Cognitive Psychology

________: Study of mental processes.

Titchner

________ was a student of Wilhelm Wundt.

Psychology

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes

operant conditioning

The belief that behaviors that are reinforced increase and vice versa

Voluntarism

Active control by intention and motives

Structuralism

The idea that experiences could be broken up into pieces (sensations and emotions)

Functionalism

Idea that mind allows function in the real world

Behaviorism

Idea that psych should be a science of observable behavior

Humanistic Psychology

"Third Force"

Cognitive Psychology

Study of mental processes

Evolutionary Psychology

Studies behavior, mental processes, and their adaptive value

Positive Psychology

Focus on well-being, positive emotions, resilience, altruism, etc

What other branches of psych sprang up in light of the backlash against behaviorism?

-humanistic psych

-evolutionary psych

-cognitive psych

-positive psych

Why was there backlash against behaviorism?

“dehumanizing” perspective

focus on environment-shaping behavior

all “nurture”

What was B.F. Skinner known for?

Operant Conditioning

Who did the “Little Albert” experiment?

Watson

What does Psychodynamic Theory entail?

Psychoanalysis

Role of the unconscious

What was Sigmund Freud’s theory?

Psychodynamic Theory

What does Gestalt Psychology state?

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Who studied Gestalt Psychology?

Max Wertheimer

What were William James’ two focuses?

The “stream of consciousness.”

Functionalism

Who did William James disagree with? Why?

James disagreed with Titchner

James believed that “atoms of experience” could not be created.

Titchner’s main belief was that experiences could be broken up into pieces

Who were the “Behaviorists?”

Pavlov

Watson

B.F. Skinner

Who are considered the “Early Pioneers"?

William James

Max Wertheimer

Sigmund Freud

Pavlov

Watson

B.F. Skinner

Who was the first woman to receive a PhD in Psychology?

Margaret F. Washburn

What areas does Structuralism say experiences can be broken up into?

sensations

emotions

What did Titchner believe in?

Titchner believed in Structuralism

Who was Titchner a student of?

Titchner was a student of Wilhelm Wundt

Who were some of Wundt’s students?

Greenville Stanley Hall

James McKeen Cattel

Edward Titchner

What areas did Wundt’s lab study?

Memory

Selective attention w/ a focus on voluntarism

What methods did Wundt use?

Wundt used Objective Introspection

Who developed the first Psych lab?

Wilhelm Wundt in 1879

How old is the field of Psychology?

Science of “psychology” is relatively new

Study of metacognition is very old (Ancient Greek philosophers)

roots of psych are extensive