PSYC 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11-12: Mental Representation, Phi Phenomenon, Percy Williams Bridgman
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Perceptual constancy: perception of whole remains intact despite fluctuating sensory information form it; key concept in gestalt psychology. Habit strength: strength of association between stimulus and response intervening variable proposed by clark hull. Gestalt psychology: school based on belief that whole is different than sum of its parts. Kurt koffka: co-founder of gestalt psychology; wrote paper leading to misconception in america that school was about perception only. Operationism: doctrine that all theoretical terms in science should be operationally defined; promoted by physicist percy bridgman. Purposive behaviorism: system that focuses on goal-directed nature of behaviour; forerunner to cognitive psychology. Isomorphism: conscious experience is like a map of the underlying brain experience; key concept in gestalt psychology. Hypothetico-deductive: establish postulates and then deduce conclusions that can be experimentally tested. Walden two: famous novel written by bf skinner describing utopian society based on application of behavioural principles. Bf skinner: uncontested champion of behaviourism from 1950s to 1980s; advocated a functional analysis.
