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OF
PSYCHOLOGY
SCHOOLS
OF
PSYCHOLOGY
= SYSTEMS
OF
THOUGHT
SCHOOL
Group of psychologists who became
associated with the leader of a movement.
They shared the same ideas about what
psychology is and how it is to be studied.
Structuralism
(Introspective
Psychology or
Elementarism, 1879)
Wilhelm Wundt
Leader and Founder
Edward B. Titchener
Follower
Purposes of Study
Negative Reinforcement
Taking away (or removing) a
stimulus, which strengthens a
response & makes it more likely to
recur
Basic Principles of
OPERANT CONDITIONING
Punishment:
weakening a response
Basic Principles of
OPERANT CONDITIONING
Positive Punishment: