Psychology Begins
Who revives Psyche?
Cupid
What is the name of the Greek Goddess that Psychology gets part of it's name from?
Psyche
Edward Titchner is my creator.
Structuralism
How many quizzes are dropped at the end of the semester?
3
What two fields created psychology?
Aside from nature-nurture, what other problem/debate was talked about in BC times?
Mind-Body Problem
What shape appears in EEGs of a brain that is a reference to a Greek Goddess?
A butterfly
William James developed this concept.
Functionalism
How amazing is my TA?
There are no words that can do this question justice :)
1879
Aristotle: "the heart is the seed of the soul"
What is Tabula Rasa?
Everyone is born with a "clean/blank slate" and we are affected by our environment (Aristotle)
Bottom-up persepctive; uses introspection and elementary sensations
Structuralism
What are two ways you can get extra credit?
Application/Experience papers AND staying off electronics during lectures and labs
What experiment did Wundt carry out that spurred on the start of psychology?
What meanings does the word "psyche" take on as time passes? (name one)
What concept says that behavior is mental/innate?
Nativism (Plato)
What concept says the whole is greater than it's individual parts? (Top-Down)
Functionalism
Up to the TA to decide if it was right
What did Wundt use as a timer during his most popular experiment?
Newton's cradle
What is one of major questions that people were wondering about during the BC times?
What makes us who we are OR What is/where is the soul?
What is psychology's first definition?
The study of mental life
What perspective was influenced by Darwinism?
Functionalism
Give an example of introspection
Anything to do with examining conscious experiences objectively (e.g., intently focusing on the feeling of your clothes on your body)