AP Historical Perspectives

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Scientific Study of behavior and mental processes.

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Psychology

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Credited as the father of psychology because he was the first to establish psychology as an experimental science.

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Wilhem Wundt

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Who believed that the mind is separate from the body, referred to as dualism, where the mind continues after the body dies? Options: Soloman Ascho, Socrates/Plato, Max Weber, Sigmund Freud

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Socrates/Plato

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Believed that the mind and body are of the same and that experiences influence the mind.

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Aristotle

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This was developed by Edward Tichener, was the first school for organizing psychological thought and focused on the internal components of the brain and body; involved introspection.

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Structuralism

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Technique, used by STRUCTURALISTS, that attempted to look inward at elements that made up the conscious experience.

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Introspection

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Known for his theory of natural selection

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Charles Darwin

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How nature selects organisms best suited for survival.

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Natural Selection

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Belief that knowledge comes from experience; either direct observation or experimentation.

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Empiricism

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Founded by John B. Watson and focused on the study of overt or observable behavior; emphasizing the process of learning through rewards, consequences, and observation learning.

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Behaviorism