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Cognitive Psychology Chapter I (1-8) Part 2
This deck covers key concepts and figures in cognitive psychology, focusing on structuralism, functionalism, pragmatism, and associationism.
A Wundt student that helped to bring Structuralism to the US:
Edward Titchener
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Term
Definition
A Wundt student that helped to bring Structuralism to the US:
Edward Titchener
Structuralism seeks to …
… understand the structure of the mind and its perceptions by analyzing those perceptions into their constituent components.
Functionalism focuses on _______ and seeks to …
Functionalism focuses on PROCESSES rather than content and seeks to understand how and why the mind works as it does.
Did functionalists use a unifying method?
No!
Pragmatism believes that knowledge is validated by its …
… usefulness! (What can you do with it?)
Who was a leader in guiding functionalism toward pragmatism?
William James (1842 - 1910)
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
A Wundt student that helped to bring Structuralism to the US: | Edward Titchener |
Structuralism seeks to … | … understand the structure of the mind and its perceptions by analyzing those perceptions into their constituent components. |
Functionalism focuses on _______ and seeks to … | Functionalism focuses on PROCESSES rather than content and seeks to understand how and why the mind works as it does. |
Did functionalists use a unifying method? | No! |
Pragmatism believes that knowledge is validated by its … | … usefulness! (What can you do with it?) |
Who was a leader in guiding functionalism toward pragmatism? | William James (1842 - 1910) |
William James’ landmark book: | Principles of Psychology (1890) |
Another early pragmatist (besided James) was … He is remebered primarily for his pragmatic approach to … | … John Dewey (1859 - 1952)... thinking and schooling. |
Another influencial way of thinking was Ass… | .. Associationism. |
Associationism studies how events/ideas can become … | … associated. |
Example for an associationist (with E): | Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850 - 1909) |
Associations may result from: | contiguity (associating things that tend to occur together); similarity; contrast |
One of Ebbinghaus findings: | Rehearsal fixes mental associations more firmly. |
Example for an associationist (with T): | Edward Lee Thorndike (1874 - 1949) |
Thorndike's Law of Effect (1905): | A stimulus will tend to produce a certain response over time if an organism is rewarded for that respons. |
What is contiguity? | A contiguity is a continuous mass, or a series of things in contact or in proximity. |