MOD 1 Flashcards
Critical Thinking
Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions
Empiricism
The idea that knowledge comes from experience and that observation and experimentation enable scientific knowledge
Wilhelm Wundt
Established the first psychology laboratory at the university of leipzing, germany
Edward Titchener
Student of Wundt. He engaged people in self- reflective introspection
Structuralism
An early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.
Introspection
The process of looking inward in an attempt to directly observe one’s own psychological processes
William James
Considered the evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings. Functionalist, he studied down-to-earth emotions, memories, willpower, habits and moment -to - moment