History of Psychology Flashcards
How is Structuralism anti-functionalism?
Functionalism asks what consciousness is for, structuralism is just concerned with the structure of conscious experience
Was Descartes Rationalist or Empiricist?
Rationalist
Was Kant rationalist or empiricist?
Both - Constructivist - synthesised the two with categories of innate knowledge
Was Plato rationalist or empiricist?
Rationalist
Was Aristotle Rationalist or Empiricist?
Empiricist
Through which body part did Descartes believe Interaction could occur?
The pineal gland
What are the two substances in substance dualism?
Res extensa
Res cognitans
Describe Plato’s doctrine of innate ideas
Minds/souls come from previous life and have previous knowledge. The trauma of birth makes them forget this. In this life we relearn what our souls already knew.
What did Broca contribute to 19th century psychology?
Localisation of language in brain - by doing brain damage studies
What did Wundt advocate?
Psychology and Physiology should be separate but complementary
Psychology must use conscious experience and introspection
How did Titchener violate the principle of objectivity?
His subjects were purpose trained
Name two behaviourist psychologists and their main experiments
Pavlov’s dogs
Watson - training little Albert to be afraid of rabbits
How did Freud explain little Hans’ fear of horses?
Oedipus complex (ofc!)
What is Gestalt Psychology?
Looking at the mind and behaviour as a unified whole. Theories of perception as seeing the world as objects as part of a bigger more complex whole/system.
What did Broadbent contribute to the cognitive revolution?
His filter model of attention: when people are played a series of numbers in each ear they cannot repeat the numbers in the correct sequence. They repeat the numbers first from one ear and then from the next ear.
