PSY 515 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Johns Hopkins University, Faculty Psychology, Christine Ladd-Franklin
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The mind is composed of a set of faculties. Faculty psychology derived from = scottish realist philosophy. Divided the faculties into two broad categories: intellectual and active. William james true about psychology in america. Being studying psychology by signing up for general psychology. In 1840 the introductory course call: mental philosophy . American psychology first textbook = upham"s elements of mental. True about elements of mental philosophy: its based-on faculty psychology. Upham"s elements of mental philosophy included all except: research into thresholds. Upham"s elements of mental philosophy divided into three main sections: Upham elements of mental philosophy took a part and expanded on its own. John hopkins university in baltimore was founded in 1876. Women were considered to be intellectually incapacitated once a month. Men showed a greater degree of variability in intelligence then women. A study by bache compared the reaction times of whites, blacks, and native.