History Of Psych Flashcards
Descartes
I think therefor I am, can our sense fail us, what can I prove
Immaterialism
The belief that material items have no existence, that our perceptions is what bring them into existence.
John Locke
Believe tabula rasa
Tabula rasa-
mind is born with a blank skate, experience creates understanding and knowledge
Nativist
The belief that humans are born with skills and knowledge that they inherit. Believed by Darwin.
Empiricist
The belief that you are born without knowledge and gain it with experience
Structuralism
Structuralism was the first school of psychology and focused on breaking down mental processes into the most basic components. Researchers tried to understand the basic elements of consciousness using a method known as introspection.
Introspection
the examination or observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes.
Edward Titchner
Edward Titchener was a prominent psychologist in the United States at an early age. Born in England in the 1860s, he moved to the states and founded the idea of structuralism, the idea that all thoughts are structured by basic elements, specifically sensations.
William Wundt
Wilhelm Wundt opened the Institute for Experimental Psychology at the University of Leipzig in Germany in 1879. This was the first laboratory dedicated to psychology, and its opening is usually thought of as the beginning of modern psychology. Indeed, Wundt is often regarded as the father of psychology.
Functionalism
Concerned with how our mental and behavioral process function/ William James
Psychoanalytic Approach
How unconscious childhood memories influence adult behavior
Freud
Mommy 🥺 Id ego superego focuses on psychoanalytic approach
Defense mechanism
Why you cry while yelled at
Behaviorism
B.F. Skinner
