[PSY 150] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (40 pages long)
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The science of behavior and mental processes: psychology"s roots. To be human is to be curious about ourselves and the world around us. Greek philosopher aristotle theorized about learning and memory, motivation, and emotion, perception and personality. William wundt : father of psychology and also conducted the first psychological laboratory in 1879. Structuralism- early school of thought promoted bt wundt and. Tichener: used introspection (looking inward) to reveal the structure of the human mind. Functionalism: early school of thought promoted by james and influenced by darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. Margaret floy washburn was the first woman to receive a psychology ph. d, washburn synthesized animal behavior research in. Behaviorist became one of psychology"s two major forces well into the 1960"s. The other major force was freudian psychology, it emphasized the ways our unconsciousness thought processes and our emotional responses to childhood experiences affect our behavior .
