Chapter 7 Flashcards
structuralism
focused on identifying the structural elements of human conscious experience through basic laboratory and introspective methods
functionalism
focused on human conscious experience from an evolutionary perspective ; concerned with studying adaptive value of various mental and behavioral processes
drill courses
instructional course in basic laboratory techniques
observer
someone participating in a psychological experiment ; because the primary activity was observing ones mental activites
systematic experimental introspection
complex events followed by detailed intropsection descriptions
introspective habit
the ability to take mental notes while an event is happeneing
stimulus error
tendency to report the products of conscious experience instead of the concious experience itself
attributes
the ways of classifying the various elements of concious experience
social darwism
the belif that evolutionary forces were natural and inevitable and that any attempt to disrupt them was misguided and doomed to failure
reflex arc
the nerve pathway involved in a reflex action including at its simplest a sensory nerve and a motor nerve with a synapse between.
progressive education
emphesizes making the student an active learner
trial and error learning
ex) dog getting out of the fench
connectionism
model of learning emphazing the deveopment and streghtnening of connections between stimulus and response that become stronger with the trial and error learning
law of effect
responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become more likely to occur again in that situation, and responses that produce a discomforting effect become less likely to occur again in that situation
law of exercise
connections between stimuli and responses were strengthened with additional practice
