PSYC 190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Erasmus Darwin, Behaviorism, Wilhelm Wundt
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Max wertheimer: student of kulpe, founder of gestalt psychology, study of higher processes contributed to the beginning of cognitive psych, hastened the demise of introspection for the time being. Robert woodworth: american psychologist, also studied thought and found imageless thought. Alfred binet: french psychologist, also studied thought and found imageless thought. Important to psychologist because it led to a concept called the evolution of the. Consciousness: requires variability in a species must study individual differences, evolution put humans in the animal kingdom, pre-darwinian evolution, ancient greeks had a concept of evolution, comte, hagle, erasmus darwin (charles" darwin"s grandfather) John baptist lamarck: theory of evolution before darwin inaccurate, certain species are descendant from other species, two factors accounting for evolution: organisms tend to perfection in increased complexity, simple organisms must have arisen recently by spontaneous generation. Indifferent student in school ranked 10/108 for the exam for his bachelor"s degree. Influenced by a botany professor henslow who recommended that he accompany.
