PS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, B. F. Skinner, Gestalt Psychology
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Vs introspection. through introspection you can prove at the different structures of the mind. He aimed to look at the mind as a whole vs. looking at its individual parts. Elemmental means all we have to do is nd those elements of the brain/mind. Mentalistic verbal reports are suf cient, that which we experience only verbally. The mind is for adaptation, those of us without a good mind will not adapt. William james, wrote the rst textbook in psychology. He assumed you were nothing more than your conditioning history. he became president of the psy ass. Skinner argued the mind. the idea that all behaviour can be reduced to stimulus response. Cognitive behaviour therapy, as good as prozac, if used properly. Human experience can be not be understood by breaking it down into smaller chunks, but should be organized and understood as a whole. Closure is so incredibly important, because we perceive patterns, it completes the pattern (circle experiment)
