Unit 1 AP Psychology

Wilhelm Wundt

• Founded Gestalt Psychology: the idea that the brain sees the whole and not parts.

• Founded functionalism: studying how the mind helps organisms adapt to their environment.

• Is known as the father of modern psychology and established the first psychology laboratory.

William James

• Founded Gestalt Psychology: the idea that the brain sees the whole and not parts.

• Founded functionalism: understanding how mental processes help humans adapt to the environment

• Is known as the father of modern psychology and established the first psychology laboratory.

Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Kohler

• Founded Gestalt Psychology: the idea that the brain sees the whole and not parts.

• Founded functionalism: studying how the mind helps organisms adapt to their environment.

• Is known as the father of modern psychology and established the first psychology laboratory.

Who founded structuralism: the theory of structuring and separating the mind into parts?

• Wilhelm Wundt & his student Edward Tichener.

• John B. Watson & his student Sigmund Freud.

• Ivan Pavlov & his student Wilhelm Wundt.

• Sigmund Freud & his student Dortha Dix.

Eva is examining a stuffed unicorn; instead of saying what she sees, she says what she feels and thinks. This is an example of

• Introspection

• Reliability

• Validity

• Hypotheses

Dorthea Dix was

• The first person to receive a Ph.D. in psychology from Cornell University

• The first person to create a mental hospital and stand up for people with mental illnesses.

• The first woman president of the American Psychology Association (APA).

Margret Floy Washburn was

• The first person to receive a Ph.D. in psychology from Cornell University

• The first person to create a mental hospital and stand up for people with mental illnesses.

• The first woman president of the American Psychology Association (APA).

Mary Whiton Calkins was

• The first person to receive a Ph.D. in psychology from Cornell University

• The first person to create a mental hospital and stand up for people with mental illnesses.

• The first woman president of the American Psychology Association (APA).

This Modern Theoretical Approach challenged Radical Behaviorism where thinking and perception influence behavior.

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This Modern Theoretical Approach influenced by Sigmund Freud where unconscious mental processes influence our conscious behavior is the

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