Psychology Chapter 1

A higher order thinking process where you think about your thinking and how it changes

Metacognition

Where does the purpose of the mind/soul lie within the new scientific view of the world?

The Mind/Body Problem

What debate does The Mind/Body Problem bring up?

Are the mind and body two distinct entities, or a single entity (Free will and decision making)

The mind and the brain are two separate entities

Dualism

The mind and body are one in the same

Monism

Where was the first Psychology Lab, and who opened it

Leipzig Germany (1879) by Wilhelm Wundt

What did the first psychology lab do?

Conducted studies looking into conscious experiences using methods such as reaction time or introspection

What is the order of historical psychologist schools

Structuralism-functionalism-psychodynamic-behaviorism-cognitive

What was the slander of Introspection?

Introspection is not a reliable source and not replicable

Who created Functionalism

William James

What did functionalism believe?

That the brain had to be looked at as whole, not parts, and that it evolved over time.

Who created Psychodynamic?

Sigmund Freud

What did Psychodynamic focus on?

The unconscious mind and experiences of a person

Who created Behaviorism?

John Watson

What did Behaviorism do?

Looked at observable behavior not the unconscious mind

Who founded cognitive?

Ulrich Neisser (1960s)

What did Cognitive do?

Put more emphasis back onto ideas of the internal mind that behaviorism was ignoring

What is structuralism?

study of Conscious experiences (can be broken down into simpler parts)

How did structuralism use introspection?

“when could you feel a noticeable difference in the weight of the feathers?”

The scientific study of mental activity and behavior, which are based on brain processes

Psychology