PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Max Wertheimer, Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud
23 Jul 2017
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What is psychology: the study of the human mind. In the 1920s it"s switched to human behavior because scientists said that you cant see what"s inside the mind but you can measure behavior. Modern day definition: the systematic, scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Closure rule"- we see an incomplete image and fill the gap to make sense of it. Mary calkins: completed all requirements for a ph. d. at harvard but was not granted a degree because she was a woman, first female president of apa. Margaret floy washburn: first woman awarded a ph. d. in psychology from cornell university in 1908, second female president of apa. Francis cecil sumner: first black man to earn a ph. d. in psychology from clark university in 1920, founder of howard university psychology department. Inez beverly prosser: first black woman to receive a ph. d. in psychology from the university of.
