Founding Fathers of Psych and Psych Perspectives

Humanistic; emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth.

• Carl Rogers

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

• B.F. Skinner

• William James

Founded the school of psychoanalysis. work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation.

• Carl Rogers

• Sigmund Freud

• Ivan Pavlov

• B.F. Skinner

• William James

Behavioral; discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell.

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

• B.F. Skinner

• Humanistic

• John B. Watson

Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning (rewards & punishments) by training rats.

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

• B.F. Skinner

• Humanistic

• John B. Watson

Founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment.

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

• B.F. Skinner

• Humanistic

• John B. Watson

German physiologist who founded psychology as a formal science; opened first psychology research laboratory in 1879.

• Wilhelm Wundt

• William James

• B.F. Skinner

• Humanistic

• John B. Watson

behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat.

• Ivan Pavlov

• William James

• B.F. Skinner

• Humanistic

• John B. Watson

Which perspective argues that our nervous system influences our behavior?

• Biological

• Evolutionary

• Cognitive

Which perspective argues that perceptions and thoughts influence our behavior?

• Cognitive

• Learning

• Humanistic

Which perspective argues that our behavior depends on things like our self-motivation?

• Humanistic

• Psychdynamic

• Sociocultural