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Wilhelm Wundt founder of psychology; 1st laboratory  William James American psychologist; emphasis on function of the mind = functionalism  functionalism - based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function of or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure Edward Titchener  Wundt's student; brought psychology to the US; emphasized parts of the mind = structuralism  structuralism - based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related Ivan Pavlov discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell  classical conditioning -  B.F. Skinner Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning by training pigeons and rats operant conditioning -  Maslow  self-actualization = reaching full potential  Sigmund Freud  father of psychology  invented psychoanalysis  psychoanalysis - an insight theory that emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defense techniques such as free association and transference  Freud believed in the id, ego, and superego  

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