History and Systems

History and systems chapter 1-3

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Wundt
Founder of psych
Rene Descartes
Both nativists and empiricistMind-body dualismTheory of reflex actionPineal glandDerived ideas Innate ideas
Derived ideas
Descartearise from application of an external stimulus
Innate ideas
Descartesdevelop out of the mind or the cosciousness
Zeitgeist

Intellectual and cultural climate of spirit of the times
Thomas Kuhn
“Structure of Scientific Revolutions” Pre-paradigm School of thought stage No generally accepted models of techniques that integrates the discipline All sciences start at this stage Paradigm Majority of scientists within a discipline agree of a theoretical and methodological model

Study of elements of conciousness
Structuralism
Functionalism
What makes something a thought depends solely on its function in the cognitive system of which it is a part of
Psychoanalysis
Sigmund FreudMade up of:ivestigation of the mindset of theoriestreatment method
Behaviorism
Learning perspectiveall things organisms do should be regarded as behaviors
Gestalt psych
Brain is holistic, parallel, and analog with self organizing tendencies
Humanistic psych
Carl Rodgersholistic approach to human experience through investigation of meanings, values. freedom, and self actualization
3 major influences of "science of psychology"
Psychophysicsphysiologyphylosophy
Cosmologists
Early greek philosophersLooked for natural explanation of the world and universe and how we came to beIn search of physis
Thales
Physis was waterfirst greek cosmologist