Tut 5 Flashcards
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What were the most imprtant part in psychology devlopment ?
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- 19 th century Academic psychology was developed
- psychology started with the study of mind
- based on intorspection + structuralism by Wundt - laiter challanged by William james functunalism
- behaviorism redefined psychology then as the study of behavior (based on objective method and experiment)
- Cognitive revolution redifined psychology as the study of mind) with better more reliable experimental method
2
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What was the zeitgeits in the 19 cnetury (major events)?
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- University Reform in Germany
- Defeat of Roman empire
- Baconian resrach style
3
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What happed during the university reform in germany ?
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- enlightment and protestant people fought against religion dominance in uni
- Scholastic method was replaced by new science without interference of the church
4
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What is the scholatsic method ?
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- the study/reading without questioning
5
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What happend after the defeat of the roman empire ?
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- modenisation of prussia
- ne university model (wissenschaft and bildung) controlled by a few prof
- Beginning of industrial revolution
6
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What is the baconian research style
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- inductive reasoning
7
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What did wilhelm wundt do ?
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- Father of experimetal psychlogy / physiological psychology 1874
- Psychology should be an expeimental method
- Psychology is not specific but broad with two key components
- promoted psychology via books
- 1879 first lab -> birth of psychology
- influenced by his teacher helmholz
8
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What are the two key components of psychology according to wundt ?
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- psychophisics
- > Perception in relation to actual weight of stimuli (weber law) - Folk psychology
- > investigation of cultural history morlity and language
9
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What were the methods wundt used ?
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- Experimental method
- introspection
- Historical method
10
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What ist the experimental method (name example of it)?
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- measurmenth of length / metal processes / accuracy of memory tasks
11
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What is introspection ?
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- Experimental self-observation to gain information of consciousness
- internal perception is not good
- experimental perception was good according to wundt
- It is a method of observation
12
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What ist the histroical method ?
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- Studying the human mind (especially higher functions like social behaviour) by investigating the cultural differences
13
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What was william james famous for ?
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- wrote principles of psychology
- Which was adopted by USA universities
- supporter of introspection and founder of functionalist
- Also saw continuity between human and animal which leaded him to comparative psychology
- brought psychology to america
14
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What is functionalism ?
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- interested in practical functions of mind / consciousness
- not in sturcture and consistent of mind
15
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What is comparative psychology ?
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- comparison of animal and human behavior