chapter 7

Question 1

central work of James

Answer 1

Principles of Psycholgy

Question 2

aim of James

Answer 2

simply the concept of mind

Question 3

James said we are creatures of….and the formation of those depends on

Answer 3

habit, plasticity

Question 4

benefits of habits

Answer 4

• good ones can be beneficial and allow us to focus on other things (recognized habit takes less effort than other tasks)

Question 5

How to form a habit

Answer 5

be consistent and perform little exercises to reinforce it

Question 6

Founded the …method and what “” of though. He acknowledged the experimental method but liked…t

Answer 6

• phenemology and –stream of thought

- comparative method (gather lots of data and compare info)

Question 7

5 characteristics of SOT

Answer 7

1. every thought is a part of a personal consciousness
2. with each consciousness thought, is always changing
3. thought is sensibly continuous but not like a train or chain- irratic but path connected like flight
4. cons deal with objects independent of itself
5. interested in some parts of objects and not others- we direct our attention where we want it

Question 8

if we can direct our attention then theoretically we can

Answer 8

create our consciousness

Question 9

James principles of psychology:

2 arts of self

Answer 9

I- the pure ego- knows things including one self
me- what I know of myself
the I cannot know itself because it is dependent on the empirical self

Question 10

Consciousness of self

Answer 10

Empirical self- what is mine: material, what is mine, social -people I know, spiritual (inner being)

Question 11

We cannot observe pure ego because

Answer 11

it is constantly under renovation from influence, storage and retrieval

Question 12

James provided basis for …said

Answer 12

functionalism..select the solution to fit the problem - i.e.: we wanna solve the issue- what and how is irrelevant if we are effective

Question 13

who defined structuralism

Answer 13

Tichner

Question 14

Freud helped us understand

Answer 14

• the interview process -and that false memories can occur

- stage idea of child development

Question 15

functionalism arose out of ______ _________ imposed by_______

Answer 15

methodological constraints imposed by structuralist

Question 16

Tichner wanted science to focus on

Answer 16

what was true of all minds- not individual