PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Johann Friedrich Herbart, Psychophysics, Retina
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Important things during this time period: j. f. Herbart"s attempt to cast a psychological theory in purely mathematical terms: g. t. Differed from kant because he believed that mathematics were applicable to psychological events. Interested in what went on above and below the threshold of consciousness: events below the threshold were unconscious but with right circumstances, could become conscious. Source of emotion: striving for expression in the consciousness: herbart"s psychology is very dynamic as the contents of the consciousness are constantly in flux, with ideas passing back and forth across the threshold. Four steps of education (with an extension for a fifth step): preparation: engaging the apperceptive mass so that new material can be assimilated a. Advance organizer" gives a summary of the topics to be covered in class and primes the student for new material. Ideas can move back and forth across threshold: attempt to apply mathematics to psychology, educational input.
