AP PSYCHOLOGY

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PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

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Dr. Jean Piaget (1952) showed 5-year-old children two identical glass beakers each containing the same amount of liquid. The children had no difficultly understanding that the amount of liquid was the same in both containers. However, when the liquid from one beaker was poured into a tall, thin beaker, the children mistakenly believed that the taller glass had more liquid. Dr. Piaget concluded that children at this age lack the ability to understand that volume remains the same even if its appearance changes. Dr. Piaget was most likely a(n):
A
educational psychologist
B
developmental psychologist
C
social psychologist
D
human-factors psychologist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -APA is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 146, 000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students as its members.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wilhelm Wundt opened the Institute for Experimental Psychology at the University of Leipzig in Germany in 1879. This was the first laboratory dedicated to psychology, and its opening is usually thought of as the beginning of modern psychology. Indeed, Wundt is often regarded as the father of psychology.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wilhelm Wundt is the man most commonly identified as the father of psychology.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wundt viewed psychology as a scientific study of conscious experience, and he believed that the goal of psychology was to identify components of consciousness and how those components combined to result in our conscious experience.

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