biased due subjectivity. On the contrary‚ functionalism is more practical and scientific. Functionalism supported evolutionary theory and aimed to understand how the mind and behaviour work in aiding an organism’s adjustment to the environment (Hergenhahn‚ 2009) ‚they believed that the information from introspection should be supplemented by observation of actual behaviour‚ including the study of animal behaviour and development of behaviour . Functionalists had wide choices of research tools including
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Carl Rogers and Person Centered Counseling Cheri Burns Theories of Personality‚ Psy 330 Brandy Goldston August 17‚ 2009 Introduction Carl Rogers‚ (1902-1987)‚ was an American psychologist who developed person-centered therapy. This type of humanistic counseling deals with the ways in which people perceive themselves consciously rather than having a counselor try to interpret unconscious thoughts or ideas. There are many different components and tools used in person-centered counseling‚
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Cognitive Learning Theory Psychology of Learning PSY 331 October 12‚ 2009 Abstract Cognitive learning theories emerged in the mid-1900s and were a dramatic departure from the behaviorist learning theories so popular at the time. The advent of the computer also contributed to the emergence of cognitive theories of learning because computers provided the first means to "metaphorically conceptualize human cognition" (Bates‚ 1999). Cognitive learning theories are based on the assumption that
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INTRODUCTION What is theory? A theory is a way of thinking and a model of how things work‚ how principles are related‚ and what causes things to work together. Learning theories address key questions‚ for example‚ how does learning happen? How does motivation occur? What influences students’ development? A theory is not just an idea. It’s an idea that is a coherent explanation of a set of relationships that has been tested with lots of research. If the idea survives rigorous testing‚ that
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