AP Psychology Chapter 1
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| 208089174 | Wilhelm Wundt | structuralism; in 1879 founded first psychology laboratory in world at University of Leipzig; introspection, basic units of experience. Founder of psychology | |
| 208089175 | G. Stanley Hall | first american to work for Wundt; • Founded the American Psychological Association (now largest organization of psychologists in the USA) and became first president. and created first lab in USA | |
| 208089176 | Edward Titchner | Studied structuralism. Broke consciousness down into three elements: physical sensations, feeling, and images. Also encouraged introspection | |
| 208089177 | William James | founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment | |
| 208089178 | Sigmund Freud | austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis | |
| 208089179 | John B. Watson | founded behaviorism. Studied nature vs. nurture and said environment determines your behavior | |
| 208089180 | B.F. Skinner | behaviorism; ; behavior is based on an organism's reinforcement history and environment; worked with manipulating animals behavior | |
| 208089181 | Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow | created the humanistic psychology-we are largely due to our environment. empasis on environmental influences on human growth. Spoke about human drive towards personal growth | |
| 208089182 | applied psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with everyday, practical problems | |
| 208089183 | behaviorism | an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | |
| 208089184 | clinical psychology | the branch of psychology concerned with the treatment of abnormal mentation and behavior | |
| 208089185 | cognition | Mental Process by which knowledge is acquired | |
| 208089186 | critical thinking | the use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desired outcome | |
| 208089187 | culture | widely shared customs, beliefs, norms, and other products of the community that are transmitted socially across generations | |
| 208089188 | ethnocentrism | belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group | |
| 208089189 | evolutionary psychology | the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection | |
| 208089190 | psychology | the scientific study of behavior and mental processes | |
| 208089191 | unconscious | according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. | |
| 208089192 | introspection | the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct | |
| 208089193 | natural selection | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | |
| 208089194 | positive psychology | uses theory and research to better understand the positive, adaptive, creative, and fulfilling aspects of human existence | |
| 208089195 | behavior | Any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism | |
| 208089196 | psychiatry | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | |
| 208089197 | psychoanalytic | freud; unconscious conflicts in childhood | |
| 208089198 | empiricism | The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation | |
| 208089199 | theory | a system of ideas that explains many related observations | |
| 208089200 | humanism | A theoretical orientation that emphasizes the unique qualities of humans, especially their freedom and their potential for personal growth | |
| 208089201 | structuralism | the school of psychology, founded by Wilhelm Wundt, that maintains that conscious experience breaks down into objective sensations and subjective feelings | |
| 208089202 | functionalism | a school of psychology that focused on how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish |