PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psychology And Its History
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Sq3r survey, question, read, recite, recall thursday, august 25, 2016. What is psychology: definition of psychology: the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, behavior- any action, mental processes- perceptions, thoughts, feelings. Latent constructs (can"t measure, can"t determine how you are feeling: scientfic. Edward titchener: student of wundt, translated many of wundt"s works into english, structuralism, study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most basic elements. Introspection of thoughts as well as physical objects. As the brain-changes are continuous, so do all these consciousnesses melt into each other like dissolving views. Properly they are but one protracted consciousness, one unbroken stem. The attempt at introspective analysis in these cases is in fact like seizing a spinning top to catch its motion : functionalism, study the function of consciousness-how the mind allows people to work, play, adapt to new circumstances .
