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3: Voluntarism/Structuralism
3: Voluntarism/Structuralism
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
03/15/2012

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Term
What was the first school of psychology?
Definition
Wundt
-Voluntarism
Term
Voluntarism
Definition
We can decide what stimuli/thoughts to attend to
Term
What were Wundt's 2 goals for psych?
Definition
1. Find basic elements of thought
2. Find how they combine
Term
Tridimensional theory of feeling
Definition
Wundt
-feelings can be described in:
-pleasant/unpleasant
-excitement/calm
-strain/relaxed
Term
What did Wundt think schizophrenia was?
Definition
The loss of the ability to choose what to attend to (apperceive)
Term
Volkerpsychologie
Definition
Wundt
-group/cultural psychology; used for studying higher processes
Term
Who tried to come up with a periodic table of mental events?
Definition
Titchener
Term
Stimulus error
Definition
Titchener
-naming an object instead of describing it confuses the mental processes
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