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Cognitive Psychology
Concepts in PSYC 3310
Term | Definition |
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EEG (Electroencephalography) | |
Empiricism | Nurture, Experience. Aristotle, John Locke (Blank Slate); learning through associations |
Nativism | Nature, Heredity. Descarte, Plato (innate ideas); Kant (inborn categories) |
Wilhelm Wundt | Structuralism. First Psych lab (1879). Introspection. Identify elements of consciousness. Categorize modalities. |
Gestalt | Whole. Perceive entirety of stimulus. Compositions of elements differ even when same elements at play. Ex: Necker Cube. People: Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler. |
William James | Functionalism. Focused on discovering WHY the mind works the way it does. Wrote Principles of Psychology. Believes most important thing mind does is allow for adaptation to environments. |
Behaviorism | Dominant 1930s-1960s. Only focuses on observable, measurable phenomena (no room for subjectivity in psychology). |
Sir Francis Galton | Early researcher into intellectual ability (one example within 'individual differences'). Created many early tests and questionnaires, which left a legacy for others to follow. |