appraoches Flashcards
Cartesian Dualism
Descartes- the mind and the body are 2 separate entities; the brain is not the same as the mind
Empiricism
Locke- experience derived from sensory experience and be studied using scientific method
Who established evolutionary theories which helped the biological approach emerge
Darwin
Who established psychology as an independent branch of science
Wundt
what is structuralism
analyses mental experiences such ass sensations, mental images and feeling and how these combine to form more complex experiences.
what is introspection
first experimental attempt to study mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures, thoughts, images and sensations
proposed 3 elementary states of consciousness
Titchener (sensations, images, affections)
Classical conditioning - dog study
Pavlov
Classical conditioning of phobias - Little Albert
Watson and Rayner
Operant conditioning of rats
Skinner
Social learning theory Bobo doll study
Bandura
war of the ghosts cognitive approach study
Bartlett
Twin studies investigating influence of genes in the biological approach
McGuffin
Influence of evolution on behaviour from biological approach
Buss
Who created the psychodynamic approach
Freud