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Psych History
Psych History and Systems Chapter one vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Naturalistic theory | The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the zeitgeist, which makes a cultural receptive to some ideas but not to others. |
| Structuralism | E.B. Titcheners system of psychology which dealt with conscious experience as dependant on experiencing persons. |
| Functionalism | A system of psychology concerned with the mind as it used in an organism's adaption to it's environment. |
| Behaviorism | John B. Watson science of behavior, which dealt soley with observable behavioral acts that could be described through objective terms. |
| Gestalt psychology | A system of psychology that focuses largely involved in sensory. |
| Psychoanalysis | Sigmund freud's theory of personality. |
| Humanistic Psychology | System that emphasizes study of conscious experience and the wholeness ofhuman nature. |
| Cognitive psychology | A system that focuesse on process of knowing how mind organizes experiences. |