ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 58: Comparative Psychology, B. F. Skinner, Fox Sisters
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The perception of psychology in the usa at the beginning of. Balwdin and j. mckeen cattell started the psychological review. The first american psychology: functionalism: eugenics had a strong impact. Strong interest in darwin"s evolutionary theory: mistrust in intellectualism america was a nation of businessmen, not interested in abstract. Eugenics= social philosophy claiming that the fate of a nation can be improved by selective breeding of the inhabitants science. If psychology were to prosper, it had to subscribe to american values, which it did (except for. Titchener) = functionalism: functionalism identified with the introspective study of consciousness and structuralism. Psychology and its position within universities: most psychology laboratories were set up within philosophical and theological institutes, example of harry kirke wolfe who tried to establish his own laboratory at the university of. Started with work of the german physician franz joseph gall (1758-1828: gall was one of the first to hypothesize that different functions were controlled by different brain parts.
