PSYCH Exam 1

Learning and memory, motivation and emotion, perception and personality

1879

Pioneered the study of learning

Influential theory of personality, was an Austrian physician

The last century’s most influential observer of children, was a Swiss biologist

Author of an important 1890 textbook, was an American philosopher

First female psychologist. American Psychological Association’s (APA’s) first female president

Inner sensations,images, and feelings

The view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2).

Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individual’s potential for personal growth.

The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language).

Science of behavior and mental processes