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The First Paradigm in Psychology.
Winhelm Wundt made a paradigm, which is an agreement within a discipline defining the subject matter to be studied. this date was chosen because that is when the psycholgy lab was established. -
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Structuralism
The early perspective that emphasizes units of consciousness and identification of elements. -
Pavlov's Dogs
Pavlov would introduce a variety of edible and non- edible items and measure the saliva production that the items produce. -
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Functionalism
An early perspective concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities to its environment. -
The James-Lange Theory.
William James created a theory of emotion. It decribes emotions that occur as a result of physiological reaction to events. -
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Behaviorism
Focuses on measuring and recording observable behavior in relation to the environment. -
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Psychoanalysis/Psychodynamic
Psychological perspective concerned with how unconscious instincts, conflicts, motives, and defenses influence behavior. -
Thorndikes Puzzle Box
Thorndike placed a hungry cat into a box then observed it's behavior as it tried to escape to obtain food. ( trial and error). The date was chosen because thats was when he formalized the Law of Effect. -
"Little Albert"
John Watson exposed the child to a series of stimuli and observed Little Albert showed no fear until Watson made a loud noise. This date was chosen because thats when he created the emotional conditioning experiment at John Hopkins University. -
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Socio-Cultural.
Pyschological perspective concerned with how cultural differences affect behavior. -
Cognitive Theory.
A learning theory of psychology that attempts to explain human behavior by understanding the thought process. -
Air Crib
Air Crib is a climate controlled environment for an infant. It was made to ease parental burdens and contribute positively to childrens development. -
Pigeon Experiment
B.F. Skinner placed a pigeon in a box that had a food pellet delivery chute that dropped a random pellet everytime the pigeon would hit the button. -
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Biological/Neuroscience.
Psychological perspective concerned with physiological and biochemical factors that determine behavior and mental processes. -
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Humanism.
Psychological perspective concerned with individual potential for growth. -
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Cognition.
Psychological perspective concerned with how we recieve, store, and process information; think/reason, and use language. -
Hierarchy of Needs.
Maslow presents a hierarchy of needs. Must satisfy lower level basic needs before progressing on to meet higher lever needs. -
Milgrims Obedience Experiment.
Milgrim developed an intimidating shock geneerator, with shock levels starting at 30 volts and increasing in 15-volt increment all the way up to 450 volts. 40 men participated and when asked a question they would have to answer and if they answered wrong they would get shocked. -
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Evolutionary.
Psychological perspective concerned with how natural selection favored behaviors that contributed to survival and spread of our ancestor genes.
