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7232899772wilhelm Wundt1832-1920. timing a human reaction. first physcologists.0
7232904820introspectionthe examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes.1
7232913222structuralismthe study of the elements of consciousness. Through introspection experiments, Wundt began to catalog a large number of basic conscious elements2
7232915915william jamesJames is known for the James-Lange Theory of Emotion,3
7232923733functionalismconsiders mental life and behaviour in terms of active adaptation to the person's environment4
7232924845max wertheimerargued against dividing human thought and behavior into discrete structures5
7232933345sigmund freud1856-1939. the theory that unconscious motives control much behavior.psychoanalytic theory6
7232937760psychoanalytic theorypersonality organization and the dynamics of personality development7
7232941195John Watson,Early behavioris. famous for the "Little Albert" experiments on fear conditioning8
7232950041Ivan Pavlovdiscovered classical conditioning (dogs salivate at the sound of a bell)9
7232951650B.F. Skinnertermed "reinforcement"; behaviorist; affiliated with Harvard college;10
7232952308Behaviorismobjective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes11
7232953616Humanist Perspectiveindividual choice and free will; rebelled Freud and Behaviorists; emphasized current environment and importance of our needs for love, etc.12
7232956863psychoanalytic perspectivetreat patients who have a range of mild to moderate chronic life problems.13
7232962950Biopsychological Perspectivestudying the physical basis for animal and human behavior14
7232968763evolutionary perspectiveexplain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language15
7232972296behavioral perspectivea theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning. Conditioning occurs through interaction with the environment.16
7232973865Cognitive perspectivemental processing; , examines how we process, store, and use information and how this information influences what we attend to, perceive, learn, remember, believe, and feel17
7232976914social-cultural perspectivedescribe awareness of circumstances surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are effected specifically by their surrounding, social and cultural factors.18

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