Ap Flashcards

14898093577	Gustav Fechner	1801-1887; Field: perception; Contributions: stated that the magnitude of a sensory experience is proportionate to the # of JND's that the stimulus causing the experiences above the absolute threshold	0
14898093578	Wilhelm Wundt	german physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879	1
14898093579	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	2
14898093580	William James (1842-1910)	Published THE PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY, the science's first textbook Established the Theory of Functionalism: How mental processes function in our lives	3
14898093581	Mary Calkins (1863-1930)	, whom is best known for two things: becoming the first woman president of the American Psychological Association and being denied her doctorate from Harvard.	4
14898093582	Max Wertheimer (1880-1943)	The German psychologist was the originator of Gestalt psychology, which had a profound influence on the whole science of psychology.	5
14898093583	Marget Washburn (1871-1939)	leading American psychologist in the early 20th century, was best known for her experimental work in animal behavior and motor theory development. She was the first woman to be granted a PhD in psychology, and the second woman, after Mary Whiton Calkins, to serve as an APA President.	6
14898093584	Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)	Austrian neurologist known for his work on the unconscious mind. Father of psychoanalysis.	7
14898093585	John Watson (1878-1958)	behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat	8
14898093586	B.F. Skinner (1904-1990)	A behaviorist, he developed the theory of operant conditioning -- the idea that behavior is determined by its consequences, be they reinforcements or punishments,	9
14898093587	Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936)	discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell	10
14898093588	Abraham Maslow	Humanistic psychologist known for his "Hierarchy of Needs" and the concept of "self-actualization"	11
14899084202	Edward Titchener (1867-1927)	was an English psychologist who studied under Wilhelm Wundt for several years. Titchener is best known for creating his version of psychology that described the structure of the mind: structuralism	12