Psychology's Roots

9 important questions on Psychology's Roots

First official female psychologist Ph.D

Margret Washburn

Second female American Psychological Association president

Margret Washburn

Wrote Animal Minds

Margret Washburn
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Unconscious thought processes and emotional responses from childhood experience influence our behavior

Psychodynamic Theory

Psychology should be an objective science which studies behavior without recognizing the mental process

Behaviorism

Two individuals known for Behaviorism

John Watson
B.F. Skinner

Focuses on how environmental influences can cultivate or hinder growth potential in a healthy individual

Humanistic Psychology

Renewed interest in the mental processes

Cognitive Revolution

Refined Psychology as the "scientific study of how we perceive, process, and remember information"

Cognitive Revolution

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