CVRP - Domain 1 - Part 2 Schools of Psychology Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024

CVRP - Domain 1 - Part 2 Schools of Psychology Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Structuralism - ANSWER-an early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the structural elements of the human mind W. Wundt - ANSWER-founder of psychology; founded first official lab; attempted to study and analyze consciousness - He separated Psychology from Philosophy by analyzing the mind in a more structured way Titcherner - ANSWER-Attempted to classify the mind like a chemist (H20) Sensations had four distinct properties (intensity, duration, quality and extent) Behaviorism - ANSWER-the science of behaviour that focuses on observable behaviour only contiguity theory - ANSWER-Guthrie's idea that learning depends on a stimulus and response occurring together in time rather than depending on reinforcement. 4 principles of Contiguity Theory - ANSWER-1) person must actively respond 2) instructions must present very specific tasks 3) exposure to many variation in stimuli 4) the last response when learning should be correct since this is what individual will associate to classical conditioning - ANSWER-a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone. -PAVLOV