history of experimental psychology Flashcards

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1879

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Wilhelm Wundt founds the first experimental psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany

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—— is the historical date form which psychology is attributed the status of an autonomous scientific discipline

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1879

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1596-1650

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Descartes split reality in res cogitans (mind) and res extensa (body) - dualism

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Descartes believed that mind and body come into contact and communication through the ——

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pineal gland (epiphysis)

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1758-1828

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F J Gall proposes a segmented view of psychic functions, linked to specific areas of the brain

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frenology

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cognitive functions located in specific brain areas/regions

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Gall’s method of deducing an individual’s personality

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by evaluating the morphology of an individual’s skull, it is possible to identify regions that have peculiarities and deduce their personality

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1860

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G T Fechner publishes the “Elements of Psychophysics” which is focused on the relation between mind and brain

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1866

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Van Helmoltz carries on studies on visual and auditory perception

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formulated the theory on unconscious inferences

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H L Van Helmoltz

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unconscious inferences

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perception is only indirectly linked to objects: fragmentary data and integrated with previous knowledge that helps give meaning

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