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Mind Map by cortneyatkinson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by cortneyatkinson
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The Battle of the 'Schools' Begins
- Structuralism
- emerged through Edward Titchener
(immigrated to USA in 1892)
- based on the notion that the task of psych is to
analyze consciousness into its basic elements and
investigate how these elements are related
- they focused on fundamental
components of conscious
experience, sensations, feelings,
images
- main focus on sensation
and perception in vision,
hearing, and touch
- they focused on fundamental
components of conscious
experience, sensations, feelings,
images
- Introspection: the careful,
systematic self-observation of
one's own conscious
experience
- emerged through Edward Titchener
(immigrated to USA in 1892)
- Functionalism
- William James(1842-1910), chief
figure for the emergence of
functionalism
- impressed with Darwin's
'natural selection'
- noted consciousness is an important
characteristic & psych should focus on
the functions of consciousness
- believed consciousness consisted of
a continuous flow of thoughts;
'stream of consciousness'
- believed consciousness consisted of
a continuous flow of thoughts;
'stream of consciousness'
- impressed with Darwin's
'natural selection'
- based on the belief that psych
should investigate the function or
purpose of consciousness
- interested in adaptation of
behaviour to the demands of
the real world
- ex. mental testing, patterns of
development in children, the
effectiveness of educational
processes
- ex. mental testing, patterns of
development in children, the
effectiveness of educational
processes
- interested in adaptation of
behaviour to the demands of
the real world
- Functionalism fostered the
development of
Behaviourism and Applied
Psychology
- William James(1842-1910), chief
figure for the emergence of
functionalism
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