PSYC85H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7 Notes
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I ntroduction: functional psychology and study of animals more pop. Edward b. titchener: believed psych was different point of view of physics, believed introspection was best method, i ntrospection: describing own experience. Titchener and the i mageless thought controversy (3rd phase: wurzburgers believed introspection no better than imageless thoughts, but. Titchener believed thoughts always paired with images: argued imageless thoughts had sensations, so weren"t imageless, influenced jacobson"s progressive relaxation technique. Titchener and the dimensions of consciousness (4th phase: abstract approach to studying consciousness, e. g. Titchener"s i nfluence www. notesolution. com: consciousness dimensions didn"t have much influence, introspection not much support, but psych as exp. discipline got support. Functionalism: functionalism: interested in what functions psychological processes serve, how they are adapted for survival, opposed structuralism, american, open to things other than introspection. John dewey studied physiology and philosophy, chair of philosophy, psych and education at univ. of chicago. 7. 3 p126) understood as function, what response is depends.
