Chapter 1: History of Psychology Flashcards
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- Dualism
- Human beings are composed of a body and a soul.
Soul: true self; permanent, unchanging self
Body: changing; replica of our true self (soul)
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Plato
2
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- student of Plato
- wrote the relationship of body and soul
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Aristotle
3
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Pineal Gland
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- “Third eye”
- “Seat of the soul”
4
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- root word of “Psychology”
- Greek word meaning the study of the soul
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Psyche
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Psychology
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A science that seeks to answer such questions about us all—how and why we think, feel & act as we do.
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December, 1879
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Time of the formal beginning and birth of psychology.
7
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- Established the 1st psychology lab at the University of Leipzig, Germany
- Father of (Modern) Psychology
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Wilhelm Wundt
8
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- Used introspection to search for the structure of the mind (feelings, emotions, thoughts)
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Structuralism
9
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Who established structuralism?
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Wilhelm Wundt & Edward Titchener
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The process of examining one’s own thoughts & mental activities
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Introspection
11
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- Consider the evolved functions of our mental processes in adaptation and survival
- Focuses on how the mind allows people to function on the real world—how people work, play, and adapt to their surroundings
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Functionalism
