PSYB57H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase, Dennis Amiss, Iconic Memory
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The key is the association between experiences. Plato"s cave metaphor - the matrix and the cave. Focus on elemental components of mind; describe conscious experience in terms of: mode, quality, intensity and duration. Report on the basic elements of consciousness. Not internal perception but experimental self observation. Must be done in laboratory under controlled conditions. Regarded psychologies mission to be the explanation of our experience. Must study the whole organism in real-life situations. Studied mental imagery in both laboratory and naturalistic settings. Intelligence, morals and personality were innate: wanted individual differences in these cognitive faculties. His invention of tests and questionnaires to assess mental abilities inspired later cognitive psychologists to develop similar measures. Focus on the holistic aspects of conscious experience (i. e. what order is imposed in perception) Rejected structuralism, functionalisms, and behaviourism as offering incomplete accounts of psychological and, in particular, cognitive experiences. Experience simply described as given, never analyzed (e. g. , i see a book)
