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Definitions of key psychological theories including rationalism, empiricism, structuralism, introspection, functionalism, pragmatism, associationism, and behaviorism. Rationalism posits that knowledge is gained through logical analysis, while empiricism argues that knowledge comes from empirical evidence. Structuralism seeks to understand the structures of the mind, introspection involves looking inward, functionalism focuses on processes, pragmatism validates knowledge by its usefulness, associationism examines how events or ideas become associated, and behaviorism focuses on observable behavior.
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DEFINITION 1 the route of knowledge is through logical analysis. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 knowledge is acquired via empirical evidence-- that is, obtained evidence through experience and observation. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 Seeks to understand the structures (configuration of elements) of the mind and its perceptions by analyzing those perceptions into their constituent components. Exp. Perception of a flower= constituent colors, geometric forms, size relations, and so on. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Looking inward at pieces of information passing through consciousness. Exp. the sensation experienced when looking at a flower. Wilhelm Wundt TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 Processes rather than content/ contrast to structuralism. Seeks understand what people do and why they do it.
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DEFINITION 6 Knowledge is validated by its usefulness: What can you do with it? Pragmatist are concern with not only with knowing what people do; they want to know what can be done with our knowledge of what people do. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 Examines how events or ideas can become associated with one another in the mind to result in a form of learning. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 is the theoretical outlook that psychology should focus only on the relationship between observable behavior and and environmental events or stimuli. the idea was to make physical whatever others might have called mental.