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Psych CH 1 Mourer
Historical roots of psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Founder: Structuralism | Willhelm Wudnt |
| Founder: Functionalism | William James |
| Founder: Gestalt Psychology | Max Westhelmer and Wolfgang Kholer |
| Founder: Behaviorism | John B. Watson |
| Founder: Psychoanalysis | Sigmund Freud |
| Structuralism | WHAT WAS,not what could be - Focused on structures that make up the mind |
| Introspection | Wudnt- The process of reporting ones own conscious mind |
| Functionalism | WHAT IS+ WHAT COULD BE- believed that mental processes could be best understood in terms of their adaptive purpose and function |
| Gestalt Psychology | Tried to understand how the brain works by studying perceptions and perceptual learning -consists of meaningful wholes |
| Behaviorism | focused only on behavior- excluding all mental processes |
| Psychoanalysis | beliefs that emphasized unconscious processes- necker cube; own interpretation based on experiences |