PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Endocrine System, Empiricism, Job Satisfaction
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Structuralism (titchener): based on notion that task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements (sensations, feeling, images) are related. Used method of introspection: careful, systematic self-observation of one"s own conscious experience (no independent objective evaluation of claims) Functionalism (william james): based on belief that psychology should investigate function or purpose of consciousness rather than its structure (behavioural differences between sexes, mental testing, patterns of development in children. William james: consciousness is a continuous flow, cannot look at static points. Structuralism gravitated to the laboratory, functionalism more interested in people adapting behaviour to demands of world around them. Functionalism (kinda won, led to behaviourism and applied psychology) Behaviourism (watson): theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behaviour. Watson abandon study of consciousness and focus on behaviours that can be observed directly, and he also downplayed role of heredity. Behavioural approach referred to as stimulus response (s-r) psychology.
