All great science starts with certain opinions and methods. These processes come to shape a hypothesis that in turn becomes a theory. Structuralism and Functionalism are the theories of many opinions and methods that came to form schools of thought. Structuralist’s believed psychology was the science of conscious experience and immediate thought and in contrast Functionalists believed in practical results of the mental processes. Structuralism and Functionalism served their unique purpose in the
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Chapter 1 Psy What is Psychology? After reading this chapter‚ you would be able to • • • • understand the nature and role of psychology in understanding mind and behaviour‚ state the growth of the discipline‚ know the different fields of psychology‚ its relationship with other disciplines‚ and professions‚ and appreciate the value of psychology in daily life to help you understand yourself and others better. Contents Introduction What is Psychology? Psychology as a Discipline Psychology as
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the book you are holding? TRUE Structuralism -Wilhelm Wundt (Father of Psychology) -Structuralism breaks conscious experiences into: -objective sensations‚ subjective feelings‚ mental images -Mind functions by combining objective and subjective elements of experience Functionalism -William James -Functionalism focused on behavior in addition to mind and consciousness -Used direct observations to supplement introspection (the examination ones own mental and emotional processes)
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Psychology Study Guide Exam 1 Chapter 1 1) History of cognitive psychology: - 4 early psychologists influenced the study of cognitive psychology: 1) Wilhelm Wundt; 2) Edward Titchner; 3) Hermann von Ebbinghaus; 3) William James -Wilhelm Wundt: Book of “ Principles of physiological Psychology”. -He founded the first psychology journal (Philosophical Studies) -He was credit for starting the only true
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INTRODUCTION Psychology evolved out of both philosophy and biology. Throughout psychology’s history‚ a number of different schools of thought have formed to explain human thought and behavior. These schools of thought often rise to dominance for a period of time. While these schools of thought are sometimes perceived as competing forces‚ each perspective has contributed to our understanding of psychology. Some of the major schools of thought in psychology are Structuralism‚ Functionalism‚ Gestalt
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Structuralism was the first school of psychology‚ and focused on breaking down mental processes into the most basic components. Major structuralist thinkers include Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Titchener. The focus of structuralism was on reducing mental processes down into their most basic elements. Structuralists used techniques such as introspection to analyze the inner processes of the human mind. b) Functionalism - Functionalism formed as a reaction to the theories of the structuralist school of thought
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GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I. OVERVIEW ON PSYCHOLOGY 1. William James (1890) – Published Principles of Psychology 2. Wilhelm Wundt (1879) – Published the first Psychological lab in Leipzig 3. Sigmund Freud (1900) – Published Interpretation of Dreams 4. Alfred Biret & Theodore Simon (1905) – Developed the 1st standardized intelligence 5. Ivan Pavlov(1906) – Published the results of his learning experiments with dog tests 6. John Watson (1973) – Wrote his book on behaviorism‚ promoting the importance of
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Successism. Paradigm Structuralism The first school of thought‚ structuralism was encouraged by Wilhelm Wundt. Structuralism was about breaking down mental processes into their basic components. Wundt wanted to find the atoms of conscious experiences. Interception was one of the major building blocks in structuralism for analyzing the inner processes that went on in the human mind. Wundt believed that only by breaking mental processes down this way could they categorically be scrutinized properly
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Discuss how psychology developed as a scientific discipline Prior to psychology being recognised as a scientific discipline in its own right‚ it was mainly a philosophical concept developed by theorists in areas such as animism and dualism. However‚ these philosophies were not based on objectivity unlike today’s psychology which maintains that for an investigation to be deemed scientific it must be based on the scientific method‚ which involves gathering empirical and measurable evidence.
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describe and explain the human mind and behavior began. The different schools of psychology represent the major theories within psychology. The first school of thought‚ structuralism was advocated by the founder of the first psychology lab of Wilhelm Wundt. In the history of psychology Charles Darwin and Rene Descartes are strongly influenced the origin of psychology. The history of psychology is rooted in three concepts philosophy‚ biology‚ and physiology. Descartes view physiology a separate mind
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