PSYC*2140 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gestalt Psychology, Behaviorism, Edward B. Titchener
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Emphasis on components of mind + finding principles that explain conscious experience. Describe conscious experience in terms of: mode, quantity, intensity, + duration. Method: introspection: report on basic elements of consciousness. Answer what are the components of mind: experimental self observation not internal perception, must be done in lab under controlled conditions, highly trained, study parts not whole. Emphasis on function of the mind + how mental functions allow adapt to environment: answer why mind works way it does. Method: introspection in natural settings: study whole not parts, must get out of lab, focus on real life. Emphasis on holistic (whole) aspects of conscious experience: ex. Perceptions are organized so whole is greater than sum of parts. Key question: what are the rules for describing world into wholes: rejected structuralism, functionalism + behaviourism as offering incomplete accounts of psychological + cognitive experience. Method: introspection: experience described as given, never analyzed (ex.
