History of psychology

Who was the founder or father of psychology

Wilhelm Wundt

Psychology comes from which two branches

philosophy and physiology

Other strong contributors

Mary Calkins, Margaret Washburn, and Leta Hollingworth

Structuralism

focused on elements (components) and introspection (way of looking inward)

Functionalism

adaptiveness, function over structure

William James

stream of consciousness, argued that flowing stream > breaking consciousness into elements

Psychoanalysis

how your unconscious thoughts shape your life

Sigmund Freud

idea of psychoanalysis and coping with sexual urges

Behaviorism

behavior and environmental factors; use of observation of animals

John B. Watson coined what idea

behaviorism: psychology should focus only on observable behaviors

B.F skinner

behaviorism: free will is an illusion, behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequence

Humanism

emphasize unique qualities of human, potential for personal growth

when did clinical psychology start

started after WWII, which the increase of PTSD and shell shock

Psychology

a study of behavior, including the cognitions of physiological

rationalism

logic and reasoning

empiricism

evidence through observation (sensory system)

hypothesis

tentative guess (prediction)

theory

an explaination

operational defintion

a definition in terms of operations (actions) used to measure something