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Introduction To Approaches in Psychology: Kevin Silber
Introduction To Approaches in Psychology: Kevin Silber
Psychology
Kevin Silber
University of Derby
Before Psychology
Philosophers asked questions about the mind:
Plato (427-347 BC): Does perception accurately reflect reality?
Aristotle (384-322 BC): Logic forms the laws of thought
Descartes (1596-1650): “I think therefore I am”
Focus on Introspection:
•Edward Titchener (1867-1927)
•Student of Wundt
•Developed at Cornell
Functionalism (James)
•Investigate the function, or purpose of consciousness
rather than its structure.
Stimulus Black
Response OR box
Psychology theory
Ivan
Psychology (1920s-1960s)
•Behaviourism:
Science of Observable Behaviour