Psychology: A History (Structuralism, Functionalism and Psychoanalysis)

Structuralism

Studied consciousnesses rather than nerve mind

Who studied Functinalism

William James, influenced by Darwin at Harvard

What does Functionalism, Structuralism and Psychoanalysis have in common (2)

all limited by introspection focused on consciousness and mental process rather than behaviour

What was the limiting factor of fuctionalism

it relied on introspection

What was hysteria

motor control and cognitive function impaired with no true cause

Charcot and Janet would do what with ill patients

put them under hypnosis and their second conscious would come through

What was the purpose of Functionalism

What was the function of consciousness rather than structure (Logical reasoning, cognitive flexibility, memory and learning are our minds adaptive purpose)

Who Studied this and became the Founder of Psychology

Wilhem Wundt

What did your conscious and unconscious mind control

conscious: decisions unconscious: influences thought, feelings and actions: why you're anxious. Based of childhood experiences

What was Psychoanalysis

focused on bringing unconsious thought into conscious awareness to better understand psychological disorder

Freudion Slip

slip of tongue that revealed unconscious though/ feeligns

Fuctionalism

study of the function that mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to enviroment

Wundt used Introspection, what was Introspection

subjected observation of ones experience (raw sensation compared to interpretation)

What was Sigmund Freud theory about multiple consiousness

the Theory of Psychoanalysis

What was the problem with Introspection

very subjective because no two people experience things the same way

Theory of Psychoanalysis

we have two types of consciousness, conscious and unconscious