History of Psychology Review

Plato's Motto was:

• the mind and body are connected

• Motivate by pleasure to avoid pain

• we are social creatures

• to Know thyself

Aristotle believed that:

• people are motivated by pleasure to avoid pain

• our minds and body were connected

• our mind and body were seperate

• everything we did served the purpose of survival

Who believed the mind and body were connected?

• Plate

• Rene Descartes

• 17th Century Philosophers

• Sigmund Freud

The Father of Psychology is:

• BF Skinner

• William James

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

Which perspective believed our minds are active and creative, that we have the ability to become the best versions of ourselves (self-actualization.)

• humanists

• behaviorists

• cognitive

• social-cultural

The perspective that works to change the way we think

• evolutionary

• behaviorists

• cognitive

• psychoanalytic

Behaviorist who believe our actions are due to reinforcements/consequences

• Freud

• BF Skinner

• Maslow

• Aristotle

Pavlov & Watson believe our behavior was due to:

• stimulus in the environment

• our desires for self-actualization

• consequences/rewards

• survival

Maslow & Rogers believed:

• our behavior was motivated by rewards

• we wanted to become the best version of ourselves

• our behavior was fixed

• our behavior is motivated by pleasure to avoid pain

What did the 17th century philosophers believe?

• mind and body are separate

• we are motivated by pleasure to avoid pain

• mind & body are connected

• we are motivated by consequences of behavior