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| Structualism ( psych of the "is"} |
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| first real movement aimed to identify the stucture of consciousness |
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| (1832-1920;German) 1st to establish a psychology lab in 1879 |
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| Functionalism (psych of the "what is") |
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| movement aimed to understand how our minds work and adapt to the world- the function of conciousness |
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| (1842-1910)The fathers of Am. Psychology. Created 1st research lab at harvard in 1875. The first to accept female students. He studied "How Conscious helps our survival" |
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| William James first APA President |
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| focused on overall patterns of thought and experience. |
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| focused on overall patterns of thought and experience. |
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| Focuses on body,brain, and nervous system. Neuroscience. ?How does our brain chemically change our mood? |
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| Observable behaviors and things that cause that behavior in enviorment. We can measure behaviors. ?How can the use of enforcement and punishment help people improve their behaviors? |
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| emphasizes unconcisous thought, and conflict between drives and social expectations, childhood experience. Freud= Sex and agression. biological urges. Childhood expericence shape our personalities. ?What early experiences in our childhood lead to certain behaviors? |
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| emphasizes positive qualities, human control, and freedom that people have. (free will, make decisions, positive growth, and destiny) ?What motivates us to help others? |
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| Mental process involved in knowing. (goals, plans, thinking, memory, problem solving) |
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