HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: John Stuart Mill, Wilhelm Wundt, Intellectual Disability
15 Dec 2020
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Started teaching psychology course at harvard 1875. Published the principles of psychology 1890; accessible and clear account of what was known and conjectured about psychology: w/i a few years it became the textbook of choice. One of the most influential people in the history of psychology introspection was the best method despite its limitations, he was not fond of the experimental method. James was very familiar w/ darwin"s theory; the human mind had emerges as an adaptation, to increase the chances of survival. Father of functionalism= name given to an approach in early american psychology research, that examined the practical functions of the human mind inspired by the evolutionary theory. Opened the way to comparative psychology; thorndike became interested in psychology after reading principles. Saw continuity between human and animal behaviour. Englishman in us, born to wealthy family. Studied classics in oxford but became more interested in biology.
