PSY270H1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Wilhelm Wundt, Visual Field, Visual Cortex
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Points to add: cognition is sometimes used to describe animals (not exclusively people). Early philosophers asked questions about the origins of human thought and knowledge. The principles of scientific inquiry were first applied to the questions in the mid 1800"s: explanatory and falsifiable theories, experiments, public observations replicable (can be observed by more than one person) Structuralism (introspectionalism) was founded by wilhelm wundt (1832-1920) in germany. He was inspired by the periodic table in chemistry wanted to identify the elements of thought. Trained students to introspect on and analyze the elements of their thought. Required replications: phenomenon were tested under a variety of conditions. The problem was that in this approach: not all cognitive processes are conscious. E. g; depth perception: for instance; the photo on slides where you see some circles as concave and others as convex but you cant consciously explain why, so introspection is not full proof. And data needs to be objective so this is an issue.
