PSYC 308 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Empiricism, Introspection, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 308
• Professor: Timothy Racine

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More applied/functional psyc in business and ed. emerging. Edward b. titchener (1867-1927) similar approach to wundt, but more simple. English, studied w/ wundt in leipzig, then worked in lab in ny. Dis(cid:373)issed (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)epts like (cid:862)u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious(cid:863) little overlap w/ psychanalytic view. Psyc distinguished by its pov: e. g. muller-lyer illusion. Psychologist: describe experience dependent on the person introspection. Map u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of (cid:449)he(cid:396)e (cid:455)ou a(cid:396)e/(cid:455)ou"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374)/(cid:455)ou"(cid:396)e goi(cid:374)g. Psychology: study of the generalized human mind. Controversy: generalized: not individual differences and abnormal psyc, adult human minds only, (cid:862)(cid:373)i(cid:374)d(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e controversial, experimentation mandatory controversial at the time introspection, legacy: benchmark for other professionals to compare their viewpoints to. Uncover elementary structure of mind: (cid:374)ot piaget"s st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)alis(cid:373) 4 phases of his career: established basic characteristics of introspection approach, methodological issues, defending against critics radical changes. Break down perceptions, ideas, emotions into elements, like chem sensations are elementary mental processes, underlie perceptions images (always accompany ideas british empiricist idea) Experimental psychology: a manual of lab practice.