history of psychology

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ebbinghaus

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the history of psychology is short but its past is long

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Ancient Greek thought

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before the development of science the world was viewed as falloff minds and magic

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paramenides

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reality of the universe is unchanging
things that changed was just an illusion
so observation cannot be trusted

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rationalism

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senses can be deceiving and should not be trusted

rely on logic instead- valid knowledge

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Heraclitus

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everything is constantly changing

there is less permanence in the word Tham there seems o be

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empiricism

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emphasises role of experience

gains info through sensory perception and observation

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presocratics

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rational thoughts began to replace beliefs and myths

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Socrates

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concerned with ethics and politics

socratic method- cooperative argumentative dialogue to stimulate critical thinking

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plato

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rationalist
logic over observation
knowledge cannot be derived from the senses - tainted by individual differences - senses are error prone

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plato divided the

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mind into 3 parts- tripartite
logistikon
thumos
epithumetikon

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logistikon

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the intellect - seat of logic and reasoning

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thumbs

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spiritual centre of the mind and dictated emotions

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epithumetikon

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governed desires and appetites

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allegory of the cave

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what we perceive as reality may not actually be reality
we are forced to link at imperfect copies of objects
there is a form for everything
but everyday instances are imperfect copies of the prototype

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Aristotle

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empiricist
gain knowledge from observation
= reliable
he believed certain virtues were exercised and vices were avoided

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what are virtues

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golden means between two vices - extremes

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galen

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humorism
we have 4 elements - blood yellow bile black bile and phlegm
these have to be balanced if not - defaults in personality

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16th century

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descartes 
locke 
hume 
kant
kierkegaarrd

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epistemology

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concerns what knowledge is and how we get it

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ontology

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concerns what exists / nature of reality

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descartes

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rationalist bases opinion and actions on knowledge
I think therefore I am
systematic doubt - he believed in power of logic but he found reasons to doubt everything

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descartes about the mind

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mind body dualism

mind and matter are fundamentally different

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the mind

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thinks but doesn’t occupy space

exists separate from our body

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matter

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occupies space and doesnt think

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Locke impact of primary qualities

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impact of primary qualities on the senses - experience of sencondary qualities such as colour , weight , smell secondary qualities exist in the mind but not in the world

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locke

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empiricist all knowledge comes from experience association is the best way to learn

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hume

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empiricist skepticism - all doubt about experiences feelings rather than reason stood for common sense

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Hume reason is the slave

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of passions - we make a lot of judgements based on feelings/emotions - logical rational justification for your feeling s

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kant

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disagreed with Hume | there are some fundamental perceptual experiences which are not merely habitual beliefs - a priori categories

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Kant said we can

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perceive without association and we have a pure self

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kierkegaard

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existentialism- emphasises the existence of the individual person as a free and reasonable agent

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Kierkegaard is interested in

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the problem of despair= alienation from the self and be the self one truly is