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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reveal the structure of the human thinking (Periodic Table)

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Psychoanalysis

• Natural Selection