PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Epiphenomenalism, Monism, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Oliver Hardt

Document Summary

Empiricism: francis bacon scientific method, hypothesis and theories about the nature of mind need to be confirmed or disconfirmed by observation, as an empirical science, psychology has a short history. Dualism: brain mind, mind isn"t physical but brain is physical, epiphenomenalism: brain gives rise to mind but mind can"t influence brain. Interactionism: mind and brain can influence each other. Structuralism: analyze consciousness into basic elements and investigate how these elements are related, william wundt: Worked to establish psychology as an independent discipline outside of physiology and medicine. Established the first psychological research: conscious metal states could be studied through the systematic manipulation of antecedent variables. Functionalism: psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, william james: rather than its structure. Defined psychology as the science of mental life . Influenced by darwin"s natural selection heritable characteristics that provide survival or reproductive advantage are more likely to be passed on the next generations.