Matching Pairs People and IdeasOnline version Match to each person or idea by Jennifer Cocchi 1 Aristotle 2 Behavior 3 Freud 4 Cognitive activities 5 John B. Watson 6 Wilhelm Wundt 7 B.F. Skinner 8 These adaptive behaviors eventually become habits 9 Psychology 10 Functionalism The scientific study of behavior and mental processes he gained understanding of his patients by consulting with them dreams, perceptions, thoughts and memories. Structuralists believed that the human mind functioned by combining these basic elements of experience; subjective feelings and objective sensation. the study of how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment. any action that other people can observe or measure. Greek philosopher who developed associationism. Riding a bike, or typing Defined psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior. behaviorist who introduced the concept of reinforcement.