PSYCH LF PART 1 Flashcards
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
Sought to analyze the adult mind defined as the sum total of experiences from birth to present in terms of the simplest definable components.
“Physical Framework”
“Analyze Consciousness”
“mental processes”
“consciousness=introspection”
Structuralism
Two person involved in Structuralism
Wilhelm Wundt
Edward Titchner
Who coined the term structuralism?
Edward Titchner
Self observation of One’s own experience
Introspection
It is the process of examining and measuring mental activities.
Developed by Wilhelm Wundt
Objective Introspection
Father of Scientific Psychology
Established the first psychological laboratory in the university of Leipzig, Germany
Founded Psychology as a scientific discipline
Wilhelm Wundt
States that the mind is made up of building blocks in the form of various types of sensation and perception and these building blocks could be discovered through introspection ( looking into one’s own mind )
STRUCTURALISM
SCHOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGY
“EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK”
Developed in the U.S
Study how the mind works so that an organism can adapt to and function on its environment.
FUNCTIONALISM
What is functionalism’s most important contribution?
Changing the focus of psychology to
Learning
Motivation
Thinking
He objected structuralism and believed that psychology should focus on reflexes or behaviors instead of internal or mental event.
William James
Founder of functionalism which investigates the function or purpose of consciousness rather than its structure.
William James
The ability of the mind to make a body work ( conciseness x behavior )
Functionalism
Keyword : “unconscious”
Psychoanalysis
Two personalities associated with Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
States that libido is not only sex drive but also will to succeed.
Carl Jung
Famous physician and psychiatrist who attempted to find the cause and cure of personality disorders.
Postulated the existence of UNCONSCIOUS MENTAL PROCESS
“LIBIDO”
His theories emphasized the importance of unconscious mind, childhood experience, dreams and symbolism
SIGMUND FREUD
WHAT ARE THE THREE LEVELS OF CONCIOUSNESS
CONSCIOUS
PRE CONSCIOUS
UNCONSCIOUS
STRUCTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- DEALS WITH REALITY
EGO (conscious)
STRUCTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- deals with VALUES and IDEALS
superego (preconscious and unconscious)
STRUCTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS:
deals with PRIMAL URGES (instincts)
ID (preconscious and unconscious)
Sigmund’s method of treatment is called ________ which emphasizes the free association.
PSYCHOANALYSIS or PSYCHOTHERAPY
Patient freely associate on his thoughts and experiences and with the help of psychiatrist analyzes the causes of difficulties.
PSYCHOANALYSIS
States that personality develops through a series of childhood stages in which the pleasure seeking energies of the ID become focused on certain erogenous areas.
PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT:
Characterized as an area of the body that is particularly sensitive to stimulation.
Erogenous Zone