Hoofdstuk 1 Flashcards
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Adaptions
Changes passed along in surviving & reproducing
Charles Darwin
Introduced world to “evolution theory”
Functionalism
Idea that mind came in excitence over course of evolution
stream of conciousness
ever changing, continious series of thoughts
Tirchener
user of the method structuralism. Understanding mind on scientific basis.
Structuralism
Conciuos experience can be broken down into basic underlying components
Psychological reasoning
using psychological research to examen people. how they think and understand errors they make
relative comparisons
information that comes first has a strong influence on answer as well as how the question is framed
views psychologist have on mind & body right now
mind arises from brain activity. It does not exist separately.
Description brain
mental activity because of biological processes in the brain.
introspection (1800)
people inspect and report on their own thoughts.
why introspection?
willem wundt wanted conscious experiences
critical thinking
question and evaluate information by using well supported evidence
mind description
mental activity
mind / body debate
mind and body separately or the mind is a subjective experience of the brain
willem wundt
thought of reaction time because mental processes take time
nature / nurture debate
are characteristics based on genes or product of education
psychological science description
study through research of mind, brain & behavior
Theory of rene descartes
“dualism” Mind & body can excist separately yet are intertwined
behavior description
everything a human or animal does that is observable
what is the problem with the introspection method
it is entirely subjective. personal to everybody.
failing to judge source credibility description
never just go of on the words of an expert, they can make mistakes too. instead find evidence.
Accepting after the fact explanations
wanting to make sense of the world so you come up with explanations
believes of Leonardo da vinci
all sensory messages arive in 1 location in the brain. “sensus communis” home of thought and judgement.
populair saying after idea of leonardo da vinci
common sense
reasoning description
using evidence to draw conclusions
taking mental shortcuts description
the easiest answer is the one you use.