Famous Names in Psychology

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Who was perhaps the most famous American psychologist and his brand of behaviorism focused on responses?

BF Skinner

Who is associated with humanistic psychology?

Carl Rogers, Abraham Mazio

Who is associated to structuralism?

EB Titchener

Who was the first African American male psychology Ph.D. recipient?

Francis Cecil Sumner

Who was the first American male to earn a Ph.D. in psychology and opened the first psychology lab in the United States and was the first APA president?

G. Stanely Hall

What is social-cultural perspectives?

How thinking and behavior change depending on the setting or situation

What is cognitive psychology?

How we process information

Who was the first African American female to earn a Ph.D. in psychology?

Inez Beverly Brosser

Who is associated with cognitive psychology?

Jean Piaget

Who was the developmental and cognitive psychologist?

Jean Piaget

Who is associated with behaviorism?

John B Watson, BF Skinner, Ivan Pavlov

Who was the founder of behaviorism?

John B. Watson

Who is associated with gestalt psychology?

Kurt Koffka

Who is the first female to complete the requirements for a Ph.D. in psychology and was the first female APA president?

Mary Whiton Calkins

Who is associated with social-cultural perspectives?

Philip Zimbardo

What is gestalt psychology?

Psychological perspective that emphasized our tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful WHOLES

Who is associated with psychoanalysis?

Sigmund Freud

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

Sigmund Freud

Who is the father of modern psychology?

Wilhelm Wundt

Who is associated with functionalism?

William James

Who is the author of the first psychology textbook?

William James

What is evolutionary psychology?

combines aspects of biological, psychological, and social perspectives

What is humanistic psychology?

focuses on the study of the conscious experience, individual's freedom to choose and the capacity of personal growth

What is behavior genetics?

study of the relative effects of genes and environment on our behavior

What is psychoanalysis?

theory of personality and therapeutic technique that attributes our thoughts and actions to the UNCONSCIOUS motives and conflict

What is functionalism?

theory that emphasized the functions of consciousness or the ways consciousness helps people adapt to their environment

What is behaviorism?

theory that psychology should only study observable behaviors, not mental processes

What is structuralism?

theory that the structure of conscious experience could be understood by analyzing the basic elements of thoughts and sensations


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