PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Environmental Psychology, Observational Learning, Edward B. Titchener
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A new science is born: hall and wundt. Structuralism is based on the analysis of consciousness and investigate how the elements are related. Functionalism is the investigation of the function and purpose of consciousness. Structuralists studied the fundamental components; sensations, feelings and images: sensation and perception in vision, hearing and touch. Dependent on introspection: the self-observations of one"s own conscious experiences: training to make the subject more objective, exposed to auditory tones, optical illusions and visual stimuli under controlled environments. Edward titchener was an englishman who led structuralism. William james wrote principles of psychology which heavily in uenced psychologists. Argues that consciousness consists of a continuous ow of thoughts. The ow of thoughts is referred to as stream of consciousness. Embedded in cultural and intellectual in uences (note: natural selection) Took interest into people adapting their behaviour to their surroundings, lead to introducing new subjects to psychology.
