Functionalism, Pavlov, Thorndike

6 figures involved with functionalism

He was an organizer, propagandist and administrator. He has the first american journal of psychology and was primarily interested in child and educational psychology

- He made the graduate and research model - brought freud and jung to USA - founded APA with James

- first professor in psychology of Pennsylvania - developed the fullerton Cattell principle- coined the term mental test- dealt with work associations, reaction times and scientific eminence via of ranking (american men of science)

Traditionalist view of JND

Functionalism view of JND

Equally often noticed differences are equal

- psychology first text - professor of philosophy - reflex arc- progressive education movement- a distortion - center for dewey studies

Paper said to found functionalism; stimuli and responses just have different roles (functionalism) in the coordination of a reflex, not a stand alone role as absolutes

Resolve the sensory/memory RT "controversy", in same issue of psych review as dewey;s "reflex arc", two classics to launch functionalism

- created the "adaptive act"- a motivating stimulus - thinking never repeated with same content, but the functional characteristics repeat

The origin of motivation research

All activity initiated by some sensory experience

- functionalism, plus purpose/motivation; - introduced the term "drive" - and the stimulus-organism-response (in contrast to behavorism S-R) - woodworth prsonal data sheet"

The stimulus elicits a different effect or response depending on the state of the organism. The “O” (for organism) mediates the relationship between the stimulus and the response.