Tag

Introspection

Entries tagged introspection.

3 entries

Behaviorism

The movement that tried to make psychology a science of observable behavior alone, ruling the mind out of its own subject matter until the mind forced its way back in.

12 min

Concept

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

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