PSYCH 1
In-Class Work
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PsychSim 5: Psychology’s Timeline Web Assignment
Go to our CANVAS page. Click on the link for Psychsims.
This activity will take you on a tour through the history of psychology. You will learn how psychology grew out
of philosophy and medical physiology, and will become acquainted with some of the pioneers of psychology as
a scientific discipline. You may stop at slide 11.
Psychology’s Roots
1. What is the definition of Psychology? (scroll over the blue terms for added assistance when doing Psych
Sim’s)
Philosophical Questions
2. How do Plato and Aristotle differ in philosophy? What were their theories? Who were their followers?
Plato:
Plato’s followers:
Aristotle:
Aristotle’s followers:
3. What was Descartes’ theory of dualism?
4. What does John Locke mean when he says, “the mind is a blank slate?”
Rise of Modern Science
5. Name 3 discoveries during the 19th century that gave rise to scientific Psychology.
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6. Briefly describe Darwin’s ideas of natural selection and evolution.
7. Fill in the chart below. NOTE: You’re only filling in the top of the chart.
The Beginnings of Psychology
8. Psychology arose in the late 19th century as a synthesis of _____________________ and
_____________________.
9. ____________________________ founded the first psychological laboratory in 1879 at the University of
Leipzig in Germany.
10. Name two contributions from G. Stanley Hall to psychology’s beginning?
11. The term psychology comes from two Greek words meaning: _____________________________________
12. What is introspection and who was the first to use it?
13. Fill in the chart below.
20th Century Psychology: Competing Points of View
14. What is the problem with introspection?
15. Match each of the key contributors with their descriptions.
______ Chomsky
A. Studied learning in cats and rats
______ Maslow (2)
B. First woman PhD
______ Pavlov
C. Discovered classical conditioning
______ Piaget
D. Part of the Humanistic Revolution
______ Rogers
E. Studied reinforcement& operant conditioning
______ Skinner
F. Studied children’s intellectual grown
______ Thorndike
G. Studied language and cognition
______ Washburn
H. Theory of motivation that emphasized growth in a hierarchy
______ Watson (2)
I. Redefined psychology as the “science of observable behavior”
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