Psychology: Who Am I?

Wilhelm Wundt

-structuralism -father of psychology -conscious experiences -1st psychology lab in Leipzig

Edward Titchener

-structuralism (study of the mind) -developed introspection (looking inward) -student of Wundt -professor at Cornell

William James

-functionalism -wrote Principles of Psychology -father of modern psychology -discussed learning

B. F. Skinner

-behaviorism -believed Reward and Punishment shaped behavior -behavior modification -operant conditioning

G. Stanley Hall

-founded American Psychology Association (APA) -first president ^^

Mary Calkins

-taught experimental psychology at Wellesley College -first female pres of APA -denied degree by Harvard

Margaret Washburn

-studied mental processes in animals -first woman to receive a Doctorate in psychology -published "Animal Mind" -second female pres of APA

Sigmund Freud

-developed psychoanalytic theory -unconscious thoughts and motivation -early childhood experiences affect adulthood -theory of personality -free association

Ivan Pavlov

-russian physiologist -behaviorism -dog experiment with food and bells (classical conditioning)

Abraham Maslow

-humanist -developed theory of motivation -concept of human nature (free will

John B. Watson

-father of behaviorism -scientific method should focus on overt observable behavior -studied rats and pigeons

Max Wertheimer

-gestalt -argued perceptual experiences (perceiving moving lights) results from analyzing a "whole pattern" -apparent motion (visual illusion)

Albert Bandura

-social cognitive approach (social learning theory) -human behavior is an interaction of behavioral

Carl Rogers

-humanism -self theory

Aristotle

-philosopher -1st to study sleep

Rene Descartes

-interactive dualism -mind and brain interact to produce emotions and sensations -philosopher