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Scientific American: Psychology

Infographic Activity 1.1: Psychology's Roots

Psychology's Roots

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The first laboratory dedicated to the new science of psychology was founded by Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzig in Germany in 1879. But psychology’s roots go back further than that. Philosophers and scientists have long been interested in understanding how the mind works. Early schools of thought like Structuralism and Functionalism developed into contemporary perspectives, each defined by different sets of interests, prompting different kinds of questions.

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1.1 Quiz

1. ________ is to the psychoanalytic perspective as ________ is to the behavioral perspective.

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2. The modern study of psychology is based on very solid philosophical and scientific roots. Which of the following individuals was not one of those founding “roots?”

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3. Which theoretical perspective in psychology emphasized the using of reports of subjective experiences (introspection) to describe the basic construction of the mind?

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4. Dawn is on a date with her girlfriend, Louise. While walking through a park on a beautiful summer day, Louise feels very playful and starts to climb up the nearest tree. She calls down to Dawn to climb up and join her, but Dawn refuses. “You know I’m afraid of heights,” she calls up to Louise. Dawn starts to think to herself, “I wonder if my fear of heights is inherited and has contributed to my survival!” Which perspective in psychology is Dawn currently utilizing?

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5. Which of the following individuals is sometimes described as the “Father of Psychology?”

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6. If you think of the different perspectives in psychology as being a tree, where related perspectives are leaves on the same branch, which of the following pairs would share a branch?

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7. You are a student of a noted humanistic psychologist; in fact, this person is considered one of the founders of that perspective! You are asked to join their research team, and later to be a co-author of a paper. Which of the following names will probably appear ahead of yours on the paper?

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