Prescientific, Psychological Science, Psychology Matures

Evolutionary Theory. Humans evolved from less complex organisms. Behavior reflects influence of physical and psychological traits that helped ancestors survive/reproduce

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Father of Experimental Psychology. Established first Experimental Psychology laboratory. Psychology = true science

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Psychologist/Philosopher. First psychology textbook - Principles of Psychology. Influenced by Charles Darwin

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Focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis

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Student of William James. Did the work to earn a Harvard Ph.D. Denied degree because she was a woman

First female president of American Psychological Association

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The first woman Ph.D. in psychology. Work in animal behavior and motor theory development. The second woman President of the APA

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Father of Behaviorism. ONLY study objective and observable data - behavior + reactions. The Little Albert Experiment

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Humanism. To become a “fully-functioning” person. The growth potential of people

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Behaviorist. Operant Conditioning - Reinforcers or consequences change behavior. Behavior is determined by the consequence that follows it

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Reveal the structure of the human thinking (Periodic Table)

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Psychoanalysis

• Natural Selection