History of Psychology Flashcards
Psychology
The scientific study of mind
and behavior and behavior
mind
Private inner experience of
thoughts, memories and feelings
Behavior
Observable actions of human
beings and nonhuman animals
Philosophical
Empiricism
-can meaure it
-the view that all knowledge is acquired through experience
PHILOSOPHY
RENE DESCARTE – DUALISM
DUALISM: **MIND AND BODY ARE
SEPARATE ENTITIES ** THAT INTERACT SEPARATE ENTITIES THAT INTERACT
TO PRODUCE EMOTIONS, CONSCIOUSTO PRODUCE EMOTIONS, CONSCIOUS
EXPERIENCE, ETC.EXPERIENCE, ETC.
PHYSIOLOGY (HELMHOLTZ)
– The STUDY OF HOW ORGANISMS
FUNCTION.
-USES SCIENTIFIC METHOD
“FATHER OF
PSYCHOLOGY”
WILHELM WUNDT
Two original movements in
psychology:
**Structuralism **(Wundt) and Functionalism (James)
Functionalism (James)
Study of the purpose that mental processes serve and how people adapt to their environment
Philospohy and Physiology influence
Psychology
Structuralism (Wundt)
Analyzes the
mind by breaking it down into its basic
components
PSYCHOANALYSIS (FREUD)
key words: uncounscious
Feud believe we are messed up from the start
HUMANISTIC (MASLOW AND ROGERS)
Key words: think
Believe in the best of others in bringing their best potential
BEHAVIORISM (WATSON, SKINNER)
Rewards and punishment
In response to your enviorment
Contrast to Feud (agaisnt unconcious) and need to be measured
COGNITIVE (CHOMSKY, LASHLEY)
Memory and how we gain knowledge
