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Wilhelm Wundt
DEFINITION 1 Father of Psychology TERM 2
1st Psychology Lab
DEFINITION 2 1879 University of Leipzig TERM 3
Father of Psychology said focus on...
DEFINITION 3 Consciousness - the awareness of the immediate experience TERM 4
Structuralism
DEFINITION 4 consciousness should be analyzed into basic elements rely on introspection - careful systematic observations of one's own conscious experience TERM 5
Functionalism
DEFINITION 5 should investigate the function of consciousness investigation of mental testing, developmental patterns, and sex differences
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William James
DEFINITION 6 Chief architect of Functionalism - Especially interested in Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection Consciousness is an important characteristic of our species so investigate functions rather than structure TERM 7
Psychoanalytic Theory / Father
DEFINITION 7 unconscious motives and experiences in early childhood govern personality and mental disorders Sigmund Freud We behave the way we do because of our subconscious TERM 8
Behaviorism Theory / Father
DEFINITION 8 derrived from functionalism - give up on consciousness and only study observable behavior. Psychology needs to be a science of behavior - verifiability Stimulus-Response (S-R) Psychology John B. Watson TERM 9
BF Skinner / contribution
DEFINITION 9 introduced the idea of free will being an illusion we are conditioned by our environments behavior is governed by external stimuli
