PS101 Lecture Notes - Behaviorism, Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Wundt
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Animism- every physical object also contains a spirit in addition to the physical state of the being. These spirits may be negative or positive or good and evil. (exorcism) Plato used rationalism, knowing the world through reasoning. Aristotle began the idea of empiricism, which means know our world through observation and. Animism predates plato and aristotle, and we have to give credit to that. experimentation. The influence of these early roots still exists today. Wundt spent a long time in the hospital so he had a long time to examine his mind, ultimately leading to the creation of the first school of psychology and initial structuralism. Describe your experience through an introspective way, by looking into something or yourself. Functionalism- looking at the function of the mind. With darwin"s new discoveries, they thought the minds main job was to adjusting and adapt to a variety of environments.
