PSY 2012 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.2: Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Margaret Floy Washburn, Hermann Ebbinghaus
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This is not a scientific technique and it is difficult for people to describe inner experiences. Functionalism: william james, how behavior functions and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environments. Gestalt psychology: hermann ebbinghaus and max wertheimer, organization of perception and thinking in a whole sense rather than on the individual elements of perception. Margaret floy washburn: first woman to receive doctorate in psychology. Leta stetter hollingworth: one of first psychologists to focus on child developmental psychology and on womens issues. Mary calkins: studied memory; first female president of apa. Karen horney: social and cultural factors behind personality. June etta downey: first woman to head psychology department at state university. Anna freud: contributions to treatment of abnormal behavior. Mamie phipps clark: how children of color grew to recognize facial differences. Psychodynamic perspective: sigmund freud, behavior is motivated by unconscious inner forces over which the individual has little control.
