PSYC 15a Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wilhelm Wundt, Max Wertheimer, Edward B. Titchener

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Some knowledge innate or inborn -all knowledge through experience. Body 1) directly observable 2) obeys natural law 3) controls reflex behaviors. Soul 1) observable only through interaction with body 2) uniquely human 3) source of free will &thought. Rejected notion that soul is divorced from the body. Believed all knowledge & thought derived from sensory experience. Believed in model of the mind as a blank slate--we are the product of our sensory experience. Edward titchener- wundt"s student, 1st psychology lab in united states, bring structuralism. Introspection-subjective observation of one"s own experience, person"s description of the sensations they experience in response to some stimulus (e. g. , a picture), and try to break those descriptions down into basic elements. Structuralism (breaking down elements of thought) vs functionalism. Study consciousness (subjective experience of world & mind) Principles of physiological psychology, 1874, 1st psychology laboratory, 1879. Functionalism (the study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment)

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