CH 1.3 Theoretical Frameworks Flashcards
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Structuralism (4)
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- Wundt (founder of psychology)
- Scientific study of mind (consciousness)
- Components of consciousness
- Introspection
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Introspection
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Participants carefully reflect and report on their inner sensations and experiences
3
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Functionalism (4)
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- James
- Function of consciousness
- Adaptive role of behaviour (Darwin)
- Thinking produces useful behaviours
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Behaviourism (5)
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- Pavlov, Watson, Thorndike, Skinner
- Mental processes are unobservable and unverifiable
- Object study of S-R relations
- Law of effect ➡️Reinforcement
- Mental processes eliminated
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Gestalt (4)
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- Wertheimer
- Organization of cognitive processes
- Elements alone insufficient
- Whole greater than sum of its parts
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Psychodynamic
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- Freud
- Unconscious influence on behaviour
- Case studies, No research
- Grand theory of personality
7
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Humanistic
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- Rogers, Maslow
- Opposed behaviourism, psychodynamic
- Personal growth, self-actualization
- Positive side of human nature
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Cognitive
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- Neisser, Simon
- Re-introduction of the study of mental processes and cognitive structures
- Reaction-time, accuracy
- Infer cognitive processes
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Biological—Neuroscience
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- Sperry, Hubel & Wiesel, D.O. Hebb
- Brain function and Behaviour
- Imaging techniques
