CSU PSY 252 Exam #1 Study Guide
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Wilhelm Wundt () - ANSWER-Made Psychology as independent discipline away from
physiology
- 1879 - 1st Successful formal psych lab
- 1881 - 1st journal devoted to psych labs
- new psych labs
G. Stanley Hall () - ANSWER-American, was under Wilhelm Wun...
- Behavior reflects to any observable response or activity by an organism
- S-R Psych (Simultaneous-response psych), using animals to study
- Science of behavior
B.F. Skinner (1904-1990) - ANSWER✔✔-Psych should only study observable behavior
- working w/ lab rats and pigeons, organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to neutral or neg.
consequences
- Behavior is governed by external stimuli, Beyond Freedom & Dignity that free will is an illusion
(controversial ideas, misunderstood)
- Humanism became influential in the 1950's after behaviorism and psychoanalysis became
unsatisfactory
- Led by Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers - emphasis on qualities of human behavior and humans
Carl Rogers (1902-1987) - ANSWER✔✔-Humanistic psychologist - agreed with the main assumptions of
Abraham Maslow,
- For a person to "grow", they need:
- an environment that provides them with genuineness (openness and self-disclosure)
- acceptance (being seen with unconditional positive regard)
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