Ch 1 people Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
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Rene Descartes said
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“I think, therefore I am”
2
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John Locke
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Empiricism
Nurture is more important than nature in development
Tabula rasa = blank slate
3
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Tabula rasa =
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blank slate -John Locke
4
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Thomas Hobbes
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Nature more important than Nurture
5
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Wilhelm Wundt
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Father of Psychology
Opened a laboratory in Leipzig, Germany to study consciousness
Structuralism
6
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Edward Titchner
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Student of Wundt
Structuralism - looking for patterns of thought, introspection
7
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William James
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American Father of Psychology
Functionalism - how the mind works
Wanted to understand thinking as a “stream” of idea, not a series of separate thoughts
