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15 Cards in this Set
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essence (breath) of life, Aristotle
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psyche
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science of behavior & mental processes
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Psychology
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3 Parts of Psychology
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1) Science
2) Behavior 3) Mental Processes |
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4 Goals of Psychology
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1) Describe
2) Predict 3) Understand 4) Influence |
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First Psychology Lab - 1879
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Wilhelm Wundt
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founders of structuralism
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Wundt & Tichner
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study of the structure of the mind through controlled introspection
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structuralism
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looking inward at one's own conscious experience - elemental contents of one's own mind
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introspection
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studied sensations of heat & cold
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J. Henry Alston
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the whole
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gestalt
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studied gestalt psychology
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Max Wertheimer
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perception of apparent movemement between 2 statinary stimuli - the whole is different from the sum of its parts
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phi phenomenon
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Harvard University Lab - 1875
Father of American Psychology - studied functionalism |
William James
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emphasis on the useful functions of the conscious mind
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functionalism
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functions of the mind are key to survival
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thinking, learning, feeling, remembering
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