History of psychology Flashcards
Introspection
Examining ones conscious experience as objectively as possible
What is the name and who developed the term corresponding to the definition “the totality of human experience is made of a bunch of different, smaller elements”
Structuralism, Wundt
What is the name and who developed the term corresponding to the definition “our minds have specialised faculties that have different functions”
Functionalism, James
How does structuralism rely on introspection ?
explore the structure of the mind
How does functionalism rely on introspection ?
Understand the adaptive purposes of mental processes
Who developed, and what is the name of the concept that believed personality to be based on the shape of the skull?
Gall, Phrenology
Who developed, and what is the name of the concept that believed dispositions follow bodily characteristics?
Pythagoras, Physiognomy
Who developed, and what is the name of the concept that believed the measure of the skull could identify ones intelligence? (the larger the skull the larger the brain)
Broca, Craniometry
