PSYC 101 Study Guide - Pharmacology, United States Postal Service, Drug Overdose
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A reaction to the molecular approach of structuralism and based on the notion that whole great than the sum pf the parts. Gestalt psychology asserts that the perception of objectts is produced by particular cofigurations of the elements of stimuli, that we experience things as unified wholes. Assumed that the brain is operating ny means of set of self organizing tendencies. European society was more developed than the american society, so americans wanted to know what is the benefit of a specific kind of ability. -he proposed that every creature (even humans) compete for resources. -there is variation amongst human beigns, some are better. Some are more successful than others. population will have these traits. Freued and the unconscious from the uncounsiouc mind to the conscious mind. Bold move away from strucutralism and oother precursor movmenets. Rejected the focus on the conscious mind, because its not observable. Favored nurture over nature as the fonoundation of for learning and development.
