AP Psychology - Scientific Foundations of Psychology p1

Vocabulary flashcards covering key historical figures and definitions from the Scientific Foundations of Psychology unit.

Psychology

The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

Wilhelm Wundt

Father of Modern Psychology who conducted the first psychology experiment and is associated with Structuralism.

Dorothea Dix

Historical figure and advocate for the mentally ill who created the first mental hospitals across the US and Europe.

G. Stanley Hall

First president of the American Psychological Association.

Margaret Floy Washburn

First woman to complete her PhD in psychology.

Mary Calkins

First woman president of the APA who was denied a PhD because she was a woman.

William James

Father of American Psychology who wrote Principles of Psychology and is associated with Functionalism.

Sigmund Freud

Father of Psychoanalysis associated with the Psychoanalytic Perspective, Psychosexual Stages, and Dream Analysis.

Charles Darwin

Scientist associated with the Evolutionary Perspective and Natural Selection/Evolution Principles in On the Origin of Species.