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| This man founded the first school of psychology and is considered the founder of psychology. In what year was psychology founded? |
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| What is the difference between structuralism and functionalism? |
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| Structuralism analyzes the basic elements of conciousness and how the elements are related. Functionalism investigates the purpose rather than the structure. |
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| Who are the founders of structuralism and functionalism? |
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Structuralism - Edward Titchener
Functionalism - William James |
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| self-observation of one's own concious experience |
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| Define what Darwin's theory of evolution was. |
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| Natural selection decides what functions are necessary and what are not to make future generations better. |
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| Who founded psychoanalytics? |
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| Thoughts, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of conscious awareness but nonetheless exert great influence on behavior |
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| The specific study of behavior. |
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| Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers |
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| Humans have free will, innate desire for self-actualization, not controlled by unconcious processes, do not merely react to the environement. |
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| Who founded cognitive theory? |
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| Define cognitive perspective. |
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| Not just behavior, but also cognitive processes: mental processes involved in aquiring knowledge. The way people think influences the way that they act. |
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| Who are the most significant figures in the biological perspective? and what were their contributions? |
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James Olds - used electrical stimulation on the brain to evoke emotional responses in animals.
Roger Sperry - left and right brain specialization |
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| When did the cultural persective form? |
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| Define Cultural Psychology and Ethnocentrism. |
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Cultural Psych - recognizing human variation
Ethnocentrism - viewing one's group as superior and as the standard for judging. |
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