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1 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 Devoted to uncovering basic structures that make up mind and thought Historical School Structuralism Functionalism Psychoanalysis Gestalt psychology Behaviorism

2 Wilhelm Wundt First to call himself a psychologists Founded the first psychology lab Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007

3 W.W. used Introspection The process of reporting one’s own conscious mental experiences Critics said it was to objective

4 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 How mental processes function and adapt in the environment Historical School Structuralism Functionalism Psychoanalysis Gestalt psychology Behaviorism

5 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 William James “Consciousness is in constant change.” Thought structuralism was too narrow Psychology should include the function of the consciousness, not just its structure

6 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 Interested in how we construct “perceptual wholes” Tradition Structuralism Functionalism Psychoanalysis Gestalt psychology Behaviorism

7 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 Gestalt Figures Max Wertheimer: Studied visual illusions, ambiguous figures Wolfgang Kohler: Studied ‘insight learning’…those ‘aha’ moments Like the structuralists and functionalists, it relied on introspection

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9 observable Argued psychology should deal solely with observable events Study the behavior only…who cares what people think Tradition Structuralism Functionalism Psychoanalysis Gestalt psychology Behaviorism

10 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 Behaviorism Investigated the connection between stimulus and response John Watson Didn’t care what people were thinking, just how they acted

11 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 Asserted behaviors and mental disorders arise from conflicts in the unconscious mind Tradition Structuralism Functionalism Psychoanalysis Gestalt psychology Behaviorism

12 Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 Sigmund Freud Freud’s Parts of the Mind/Psyche Conscious = What you are aware of NOW Preconscious = What you can recall easily Unconscious = hidden desires and traumatic events

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