8: James and US Psychology Flashcards

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What was James’ idea of pragmatism?

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He argued that thought is an interaction between the mind and the world, not our interpretation of reality

Scientific ideas can never be certain but we belive them to varying extents

Truth is plural

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What did James argue in his work Principles of Psychology?

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Psychology should be a guide for living

Conscious self
Stream of consciousness
Habit formation
Emotion 
Willpower
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In his work, Principles of Psychology, what did James say about the stream of consciousness?

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Our thoughts are unmediated and not pre-packaged into sentances

We never experiance the same idea or sensation twice

You can’t seperate consciousness into discrete sections

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Why was James against introspection?

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You can’t seperate consciousness into discrete sections as it’s a continious stream

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In his work, Principles of Psychology, what did James say about emotion?

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It’s a concequence of the psychological effects associated with expression, not the cause

Distress is followed by bodily changes so if we change our movmements, we can aleviate distress

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Why do i dislike James as a human?

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He said that depressed people can just stop being depressed

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What is the structuralism vs functionalism debate?

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Functionalism: James’ idea of the mind serving some kind of function

Structuralism: Wundt’s idea that we can break the mind down into seperate componants

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Why was Ladd-Franklin excluded from the Experimentalists?

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She was a woman

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