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Wilhelm Wundt - Answer-Founder of Psych in 1879, who set up the first lab. in Germany. He argued that Psych. Should be the scientific study of consciousness G. Stanely Hall - Answer-launched America's first psychology journal (1887) and helped to establish the American Psych. Association. Structuralism - Answer-Edward Titchener Structuralism Definition - Answer-analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. In Structuralism - Answer-Most concentration was on sensation, perception in vision, hearing and touch.Wanted to identify the components of conscious experience: Feelings, sensations, and images. Why is introspection used? - Answer-to analyze consciousness into its basic elements Introspection - Answer-self-observation of ones own conscious experience. Process required training to make the person being studied more aware and objective. Once a person is trained in introspection, what are they exposed too? - Answer-auditory tones, optical illusions, and visual stimuli, then they were asked that they experienced. Who was the founder of Functionalism? - Answer-William James What did functionalist argue? - Answer-based on the belief that psych. Should investigate the function of purpose of consciousness rather than structure. What did James want to understand about functionalism? - Answer-JAMES wanted to understand the FLOW itself, which he called the "stream of consciousness."Where were structuralists found? - Answer-In Labs What were functionalists interested in? - Answer-interested in how people adapt their behavior to the demands of the real world around them. What was the initial stepping stone for behaviouralism and applied psych? - Answer-Functionalism Who became interested in Darwin's Theory? - Answer-William James What was Darwin's EVOULTIONARY THEROY? - Answer-Natural Selection What is natural selection? - Answer-Heritable characteristics that provide a survival or reproductive advantage are more likely to than alternative characteristics to be passed on subsequent generations and to become "selected" over time. Who is the founder of Behaviourism? - Answer-James B Watson Definition of behaviourism - Answer-observable response or activity by an organism. Behaviourism CAN study - Answer-He could study anything that people do or say - shopping, playing chest. Behaviourism CANNOT study - Answer-BUT he could not study scientific thoughts, wishes, and feelings that might accompany these observable behavior's. Freud treated.... - Answer-people troubled by psychological problems (irrational, fears, obsessions, anxiety. Freud used a process called? - Answer-PSYCHOANALYSIS.According to Freud... - Answer-the unconscious consists of thoughts that one is not aware of but still influences one's behaviour Freud observed - Answer-o Based this observation on: he noticed the seemingly meaningless slips of the tongue - that often revealed the persons true feelings. Also noticed patients dream often expressed important feelings they were unaware of. Psychoanalytic Theory: - Answer-theory attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior. Today many Psychoanalytic concepts have filtered - Answer-into the main stream of psych. Who madeBehaviouralism flourish ? - Answer-Skinner What was Skinners main conclusion? - Answer-Organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes, and they tend not to repeat responses that lead to neutral or negative outcomes