PSYC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Margaret Floy Washburn, Mary Whiton Calkins, American Psychological Association
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Ancient greek naturalist and philosopher aristotle (384-322 b. c. e. ) started studying about learning and memory, motivation and emotion, perception and personality. Today"s psychologists study by how we act, think, and feel. Psychology is defined as science of behavior and mental processes. December 1879, wilhelm wundt created the first laboratory to measure how look it take a person to press a telegraph key after hearing a ball hit a platform. Morton hunt magellans of the mind . Sigmund freud personality theorist and therapist. William james developed a psychology textbook in 1890. Mary whiton calkins first female president of the american psychological. Margaret floy washburn first female to receive pychology ph. d. and second, in. Behaviorism the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most psychologist today agree with (1) but not with (2). John b. watson and b. f. skinner insisted that psychology is the study of observable behavior.
