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History Of Psychology

Entries tagged history of psychology.

3 entries

Structuralism versus Functionalism

Psychology's founding argument: dissect the mind into its raw elements, or ask what mental processes do for the organism, and the second question proved the more useful science.

7 min

Mental model

The Seven Perspectives of Psychology

Psychology explains the same behavior at seven different levels, from brain chemistry to culture, and the levels are complementary answers to different questions rather than rival theories competing for one.

5 min

Thinker

Wilhelm Wundt

The founder of psychology as an experimental science, whose disciplined method and two-part program were later flattened into a caricature by the student who claimed to be his heir.

9 min