History and Systems: Experimental Psychology

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Across
  1. 2. first use of experimental research on behalf of a major corporate entity
  2. 3. organized by James McKeen Cattell, this lab focused a lot on testing, and experimental and correlational studies
  3. 4. demonology, biomedical conditions, injuries, homeostatic, degeneration, psychosocial
  4. 5. studied the component structure of the human conscious experience and organization of these fundamental or irreducible elements
  5. 7. studied mental and behavioral processes in terms of their adaptive value
  6. 10. landmark study conducted at the Western Electric Company in Illinois, examining the physical and sociopsychological work environment at the plant
  7. 11. contributed to the use of psychology in advertising and business
  8. 13. receive the first doctoral degree in psychology in America, began the first psychology laboratory in the US at Clark University, and served as the first president of APA.
  9. 14. asserted that psychology should study mental actions rather than mental contents
  10. 15. systematic and standardized process of observation developed by Wundt
  11. 16. a method developed by Kulpe as an alternative to Wundt's experimental introspection. Involved performing a complex task and then having subjects provide a retrospective report about their cognitive processes during the task
  12. 17. outlined the central tenets of American functionalism, emphasizing naturalistic inquiry of consciousness and pragmatism.
Down
  1. 1. the belief that men have a greater degree of variability than women on a number of traits including intelligence, thus the brightest men will be more intelligent than the brightest women.
  2. 6. student of Wundt who established a psychology lab at Cornell University
  3. 8. advocated and lobbied for the first federally funded government hospital for the insane in Washington DC
  4. 9. contributed to the war effort and opened the door to female psychologists
  5. 11. created the first psychology laboratory
  6. 12. a functional psychology program developed by John Dewey and James Rowland Angell focusing on mental processes, conscious mediation betweeen the organism and demands of the environment, and psychophysical relations.