History of Psychology
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- Sigmund Freud
- Neurologist. Believed the unconscious mind was more important than the conscience. Introduced Motives and the Theory of Psychoanalysis.
- Social Learning Theory
- The viewpoint that the most important aspect of our behavior are learned from other persons in society ex. Family, friends, and culture.
- Margaret Floy Washburn
- First Woman to receive PHD in psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- The viewpoint in psychology that emphasizes the importance of cognitive processes, such as perception, memory, and thinking.
- Cognition
- Mental Processes of perceiving, believing, thinking, remembering, knowing, deciding, and so on.
- Unconscious Mind
- All mental activity of which we are unaware.
- B.F. Skinner
- Attended Harvard. Was the leading exponent of this strict form of behaviorism.
- Motives
- Internal states or conditions that activate behavior and give it direction.
- Behaviorism
- The school of psychology that emphasizes the process of learning and the measurement of overt behavior.
- Ivan Pavlov
- Studied digestion of dogs) Discovered a form of Conditioning
- John B. Watson
- Founded school of thought called behaviorism based on Pavlov's Work.
- Humanistic Psychology
- The psychological view that human beings possess an innate tendency to improve and determine their lives by the decision they make.
- Psychoanalysis
- The technique of helping persons with emotional problems based on Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious mind.