PS101 Lecture Notes - Operational Definition, Community Psychology, Oedipus Complex
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Structuralism school of thought first associated with a methodology. Wundt"s influence what is happening: contribution of attaching psychology to a methodology; made it a creditable discipline with a methodology, historical milestones were the science of chemistry industrial revolution, inventions such as steamships and elevators. Analysis of consciousness into its basic elements : made a science about breaking down the conscious mind into its basic elements; thoughts, feelings (emotional and phsycial). Methodology: introspection systematic self-observation of own conscious experience : individuals look at own sensations, reactions, intense training on introspection; trained people to pay close attention to every minute detail/sensation. Criticism: not an objective form of science (methodology); derive conflicting reports of the same stimulus, cannot document different experiences, only descriptive. What is the function of behaviour asking why. Methodology: real world: looking for the function of a behavior then look at how the behavior is used in real time.
