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Pavlov's dog
________ was an experiment linking salivation to meat powder using a tuning fork and later, a metronome.
psychological laboratory
Wilhelm Wundt was considered to be the father of psychology, as he founded the first ________ in 1879.
Dorothea Dix
She was a propionate of getting the mentally insane help, and an advocate on their behalf. She lobbied for Congress to create the first generation of mental asylums.
John Watson
The founder of behaviorism, from his "Little Albert "study in which he conditioned a child to fear things with specific traits.
Wilhelm Wundt
He was considered to be the father of psychology, as he founded the first psychological laboratory in 1879. He trained people in introspection, and created the school of structuralism using trained introspection.
Edward Titchener
Created the idea that contemplation finds answers to the brain by breaking it into parts and focusing on what each part does.
G. Stanley Hall
He was an American psychologist who helped to found the APA. He set up a lab at Johns Hopkins University employing introspection. He focused on child development and evolutionary theory.
William James
He thought that structuralists were focused on the wrong thing, and was interested in the purpose of behavioral acts. He viewed humans as actively involved and created the school of functionalism, which was focused on the application of psychological findings to practical solutions, with the goal to explain behavior.
Max Wertheimer
He focused on how we experience the world, rather than how we feel. He thought that the whole of an experience can be more than the sum of its parts.
Mary Whiton Calkins
She was the first woman president of the APA. She was also the first female admitted to James’s graduate seminar despite the university’s objections. She also became a student of William James.
Margaret Floy Washburn
She was the first woman to complete a psychology PhD. and earn the degree, and a student of Edward Titchener, as he was her graduate advisor. She also translated Wundt and was largely a teacher.
Sigmund Freud
Created the idea of psychoanalysis in order to explain the structure of the human mind, attitudes, behavior, disorders, and the origins of civilization. He placed a high emphasis on sexuality, which was highly controversial during the Victorian era he lived in. He also created the notion of the unconscious mind.
Ivan Pavlov
One of the most well known behaviorism experts, with an emphasis on classical conditioning. Developed the theory of an unconditioned stimulus evoking an unconditioned response, and later developing into a conditioned stimulus creating a conditioned response. (UCS, UCR, CS, CR)
BF Skinner
Was a pioneer in behaviorism as he built on the ideas of those who came before him, developed theories on operant conditioning. He conducted behavior research using punishment and reinforcement.
Carl Rogers
Focused on personal growth, with an emphasis on empathy, acceptance, and understanding so that positive regard was unconditioned. He worked with abused children and is the father of Client-Centered therapy. His theory was a reaction to the Freudian and behavioral approaches to understanding behavior.
Abraham Maslow
Created the hierarchy of needs, in which low levels need to be put above the higher levels of needs, with the goal to be self-actualized.
Humanists
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow were _________
Behaviorists
BF Skinner, Ivan Pavlov, and John Watson were ___________.
Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud was the father of __________, and his theories caused much debate.
Client-centered
Carl Rogers was the father of ___________ therapy.
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