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Graeme HoP #1
Question | Answer |
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Behaviorism | Watson's science of behaviour, which dealt solely with observable behavioural acts that could be described in objective terms. |
Cognitive psychology | A system of psychology that focuses on the process of knowing, on how the mind actively organizes experiences. |
Functionalism | A system of psychology concerned with the mind as it is used in an organism's adaptation to its environment. |
Gestalt psychology | A system of psychology that focuses largely on learning and perception, suggesting that combining sensory elements produces new patterns with properties that did not exist in the individual elements. |
Historiography | The principles, methods, and philosophical issues of historical research. |
Naturalistic theory | The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the Zeitgeist, which makes a culture receptive to some ideas but not to others. |
Personalistic theory | The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the ideas of unique individuals. |
Structuralism | E. B. Titchener's system of psychology, which dealt with conscious experience as dependent on experiencing persons. |
Zeitgeist | The intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of the times. |