PSYC 2000 Study Guide - Wilhelm Wundt, Telegraph Key, Psychological Science
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Psychologists differ in importance placed on specific types of behavior directly see or observe. Subjective observation-behaviors we can"t directly see or observe. Structuralism: wilhelm wundt (1832-1920)- father of modern psychology. Structuralist- a psychologist who studied the basic elements that make up conscious mental experience. Introspection- a method of self-observation in which participants report their thoughts and feelings. Early psychology experiment - wundt et al. measured the time lag between hearing a sound a pressing a telegraph key. Historical- functionalism: william james (1842-1910)- first american psychologist. Functionalist- a psychologist who studied the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness. All activities of the mind serve one function: to help us survive as a species. Nature nurture issue: the controversy over the relative contributions of biology and experience. Natural selection: nature selects traits that best enable the organism to survive and reproduce. Basic science: research for the sake of knowledge; not concerned with application.
