Chapter 4 Flashcards
British Imperialists during which centruy
16th
BI focused on ______ and evidence and less on __________ of __________
senses, reasoning and rationalism
BI: Scientific method is limited by
what we can perceive
Fechners Psychophysics hypothesized
a mathematically precise relation between stimulus values and sensation that could be tested by means of experimental data
Herbart is regarded as the first
mathmatic psychologist
Brocas aphasi
can understand but not PRODUCE speech
Wernickes
cannot understand but can speak- becomes a jumbled mess though
who developed the Thrichromactic theory of colour perception
Hemholtz and Young
sensation is difference from perception ins that
sensation stimulates nerves etc, and perception follows after brain has organized sensations into something that we now perceive. Perception is the organization and interpretation of sensation
Saw emotions as more than bodily agitations. Took notice of the __________ and said they were another _____ _______
Wolstencraft, context of emotions and said they were another psychologicalprocess
Galtons law states_______ parents contribute about _____ of their their heritage to offspring and so on to grandchildren (1/4) etc
2, 1/2
____ study of inherited intelligence and racial correlations spurred the study of _____- human breeding
Galton’s, eugenics
Kant said our concept is shaped my our… not…
inner us, outer world
as in life does not revolve around us- we are not the center
copernican revolution
h——said ideas may be opposed to one another and therefor reduce—–
herbart, intensity
apperception refersto
when the mind becomes fully aware of ideas
believed the relationship between the brain and experience and between experience and events in the outside world could be explained by math
Fechner
Compared application of math to psychology like that of a flag in the wind: meaning
Fechner: there is some degree of freedom but mathematical structure provides the limits.
Three parts of phrenology
1) brain is sole organ of the mind
2) character and traits are innately determined
3) Where there is variation in function (traits in indic) there must be variation in controlling structures
Study of brain damaged indic made contributions to understanding of
Localization of function
Webers Law
The degree or amount a stimulus must change to be perceived by the a erson.