PSYC 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1, 2, 3: Margaret Floy Washburn, Mary Whiton Calkins, Edward B. Titchener
17 Sep 2019
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Empirical approach - scientific method of inquiry and observation through experiments. Requires a scientific attitude - curious, skeptical and humble. Humility - be willing to be surprised and accept new ideas. Thinking that examines assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hidden biases, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. Important to be open to possibilities, consider the credibility of sources. To be human is to be curious. Aristotle theorized about learning, memory, motivation, emotion, perception, and personality before 300 b. c. e. December 1879, germany - wilhelm wundt conducted an experiment on human response. Functionalism structure of internal processes) - proved to be unreliable. Edward bradford titchener - wanted to discover the mind"s. Self reflective introspection (asked people to become aware. William james - wanted to consider the evolved function of. Theorized that functions like thinking developed because it was adaptive (influenced by charles darwin) and that consciousness has a function our thoughts and feelings. Mary whiton calkins - james" mentee, first woman to become.
