History and Systems

Founder of psych

Both nativists and empiricistMind-body dualismTheory of reflex actionPineal glandDerived ideas Innate ideas

Descartearise from application of an external stimulus

Descartesdevelop out of the mind or the cosciousness

Intellectual and cultural climate of spirit of the times

“Structure of Scientific Revolutions” Pre-paradigm School of thought stage No generally accepted models of techniques that integrates the discipline All sciences start at this stage Paradigm Majority of scientists within a discipline agree of a theoretical and methodological model

Structuralism

What makes something a thought depends solely on its function in the cognitive system of which it is a part of

Sigmund FreudMade up of:ivestigation of the mindset of theoriestreatment method

Learning perspectiveall things organisms do should be regarded as behaviors

Brain is holistic, parallel, and analog with self organizing tendencies

Carl Rodgersholistic approach to human experience through investigation of meanings, values. freedom, and self actualization

Psychophysicsphysiologyphylosophy

Early greek philosophersLooked for natural explanation of the world and universe and how we came to beIn search of physis

Physis was waterfirst greek cosmologist