Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Ivan Sechenov, Wolfgang Köhler, Karl Lashley

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Ology: soul, spirit, self, or life branch of knowledge. Philosophical perspectives: nativism knowledge is innate (i. e. inherited) Says nothing about experience or learning, all biological. Empricism - knowledge gained through observation & our senses. Nurture ** only study what we can see. Rationalism - knowledge gained through logic and reasoning. Nothing can exist within the intellect that did not have its origins in the senses. Born with the human mind as the tabula rasa = blank slate. Bumps in the skull indicate overdeveloped brain regions. You can tell a person"s personality or skill by the area where there is a bump. ( flourens) entire brain (not localized areas) worked in synchrony to produce general functions. Physiologist believed that all complex behaviour can be explained by reflexes. Founder of structuralism, studied structure & smallest components of the human mind and consciousness. Studied the same phenomena cognitive psychologists study today.