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Chpt. 1
History of Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/16/2012

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Whilhelm Wundt
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father of psychology, made first study lab, scientific study of consiou experience
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Structuralism
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Titchner, analyze consoiusness into basic feelings, introspection
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Functionalism
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James, purpose or function of consiousness, pulled from Darwin, 'stream' of conciousness, 
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Sigmund Freud
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studied unconciousness, psychoanalytic theory, emphasized sex,
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Behaviorism
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James Watson, emphasized nurture, psych should only study observable behavoir,
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Stimulus-Responce Psychology
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Pavlov, found dogs would salivate with the sound of a metronome, increase in animal research
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B.F. Skinner
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Organisms tend to repeat positive responce actions, and not repeat negative responce actions. Free will is an illusion.
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Humanism
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behaviorism and psychoanalytic theory is dehumanizing, humans are unique from animals, ex. optimism and personal growth
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Applied Psychology
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everyday issues, more after WWII, clinical psychology,
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