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6: Functionalism
6: Functionalism
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
03/15/2012

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What were the 4 stages of early US psychology?
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1: moral and mental philosophy
2: intellectual philosophy
3: US renaissance
4: US functionalism
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Moral/mental philosophy stage
Definition
Primarily concerned with theology and the soul
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Intellectual philosophy stage
Definition
-Psych becomes separate discipline
-We can trust our senses because God
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US Renaissance
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-Psych separate from religion
-Structuralism was popular
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Functionalism stage
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Goal was to understand how the mind and behavior work
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In functionalism, were laws or individual differences more important?
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Individual differences
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Pragmatism
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James
-If an idea works, it is valid
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James-Lange theory
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Perception = bodily reaction THEN emotion
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