PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Edmund Husserl, American Psychologist, Consciousness
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Chapter 6: william james: eminent american psychologist, harvard"s first prof of psychology and head of the first psychology lab. The principles of psychology: most famous writing by james published in 1890 and has continued to influence psychological thought ever since. The methods and snares of psychology: james"s approach to psychology = consider every issue in an open-minded a fasion as he could. Stream of consciousness : james"s metaphor in psychology, five characteristics, every thought tends to be part of a personal consciousness reflects to the experiences of an individual. The pure ego: hume denied the existence of personal identity; all we have is our experiences . Primary and secondary memory: james proposed a model of memory that became very widely used in psychology = upon being stimulated, we may have an experience that is a primary memory = consists of the. The emotions: james-lange theory of emotions, similar viewpoint was advanced independently by c. g.
