Structuralism and Functionalism// Chap 7 (lec 6)

Question 1

what is the Baldwin effect?

Answer 1

• natural selection favoured social learning abilities

- a theory of evolution

Question 2

what is Baldwin’s origins of cognition ?

Answer 2

• focus on assimilation ( relating new concepts to already known ) and accommodation (develop new concepts_)

Question 3

What were Titchner’s structuralist system subgoals?

Answer 3

Analysis: analyze basic structural components
Synthesis: how elements combine for more complex phenomenon
Explanation: how the nervous system produces sensory, perceptual, and cognitive events

Question 4

What were Titchner’s structuralist system

main goal?

Answer 4

Overarching goal: analyze human consciousness

Question 5

what is the introspective habit?

Answer 5

trained participants (observers) in introspection so that it became more habitual

Question 6

what are The Manuals’ Drill Courses?

Answer 6

Students were trained how to work in the lab, operate apparatus, and about research design by replicating studies
Students alternated as experimenter and observer (participant)

Question 7

What is Dewey’s Progressive Education ?

Answer 7

• studied how children learn ( in his lab school)

- argued that they learn best through interacting, doing, being creative and critical thinking