| Question | Answer |
| What is psycho-physics? | Study of the relationship between physical properties of stimuli and our psychological impressions of those stimuli |
| Gustav Theodor Fechner was the pioneer of psycho-physics. What are some of his main contributions? | Attempted to understand afterimages in the visual system. Also introduced the JND (just noticeable difference, method of limits, and quantification & experimentation to the study of these psychological phenomena. |
| What are the five primary systems/schools of psychology? | 1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism
3. Behaviorism
4. Gestalt's Psychology
5. Psychoanalysis |
| What was the main goal of structuralism? | Describe the structure of the mind by analyzing it's elements. |
| Who is Wilhelm Maximillian Wundt, and what are some of his contributions? | Established the first psychological institute at the University of Leipzig. |
| Wundt established the new field of "Physiological Psychology". Describe this. | The study of subjective mental experience in relation to physiology. |
| Edward Titchener was Wundt's student and a major contributor to structuralism. Describe some of his contributions. | Brought Structuralism to America. Advocated a pure psychology, authoritative personality, introduced elementary mental processes, and introspection. |
| What are Titchener's Types of Elementary Mental Processes? | ~Senses
~Images
~Affections |
| What are Titchener's Attributes of Elementary mental processes? | ~Quality
~Intensity
~Clearness
~Duration |
| What happened after Titchener died? | He had ignored animal studies, abnormal psychology, personality, learning, developmental psychology and evolutionary theory. Because of his refusal of applied psychology, many of his ideas died along with him. |
| Who published History of Experimental Psychology? | Edwin G. Boring |
| One major contributor to the field of clinical psychology is Emil Kraepelin. Describe some of his contributions. | He was an MD, 1878 with Wundt. In 1883 developed a classification of mental disorders through tracking progression of symptoms and studying substance dependence. He took an organic (biological) approach to psychopathology. |
| Emil Kraepelin and addiction. | Studied the process of addiction and how to treat it organically. |
| Who was Lightner Witmer? | ~PhD (with Wundt
~First psychologist to open a clinic
~Introduced school psychology |
| What are the main US offshoots of the structural movement that Titchener is head of? | ~History of psychology
~Clinical Psychology
~School Psychology |
| Charles Sherrington's work was interpreted as being? | In favor of neuron theory |
| Cajal proposed a theory of intelligence that emphasized the importance of what in determining intellectual capacity? | Interconnections between neurons |
