PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mary Whiton Calkins, B. F. Skinner, Abraham Maslow

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 101
• Professor: Brown Eric

Document Summary

First psychological lab took place in 1879, testing how long it took for someone to hear a ball hit the ground and hit a key. Edward bradford titchener had people engage in introspection (looking inward) (s) William james considered the evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings (f) Behaviorism was created and made more popular by john watson and b. f skinner. Freudian psychology meaning the emphasis on ways our unconscious thought process and our emotional response to childhood experiences affect our behavior. Humanistic psychology led by carl rogers, and abraham maslow focused on how current environmental influences can nurture or limit our growth potential and to the importance of having our needs for love and acceptance satisfied. Cognitive revolition importance how our mind processes and retains information. how we preceive process and remember information. Biological influences : genetic predispositions, genetic mutations, natural selection of adaptive traits and behaviors passed down through generations, genes responding to the environment.