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1. Structuralism Tichener's system of psychology, which dealt with conscious experi-
ence as dependent on experiencing persons
2. Functionalism A system of psychology concerned with the mind as it is used in an
organisms adaptation to its environment
3. Behaviourism Watson's science of behaviour, which dealt solely with observable acts
that could be described in objective terms
4. Gestalt Psychology A system of psychology that focuses largely on learning and per-
ception, suggesting that combining sensory elements produces new
patterns with properties that did not exist in the individual element
5. Humanistic Psychology A system of psychology that emphasizes the study of conscious expe-
rience and the wholeness of human nature
6. Psychoanalysis Freud's theory of personality and a system of psychotherapy
7. Cognitive Psychology A system of psychology that focuses on the processes of knowing, on
how the mind actively organizes experiences
8. Personalistic Theory The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable
to the ideas of unique individuals
9. Naturalistic Theory The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable
to the Zeitgeist, which make a culture receptive to some ideas but not
to others
10. School of Thought A group of psychologists who become associated ideologically, and
sometimes geographically, with the leader of a movement
11. Zeitgeist The intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of the times
12. Histiography
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The principles, methods, and philosophical issues of historical re-
search
13. Mechanism The doctrine that natural processes are mechanically determined and
capable of explanation by the laws of physics and chemistry
14. Determinism The doctrine that acts are determined by past events
15. Reductionism The doctrine that explains phenomena on one level (such as complex
ideas) in terms of phenomena on another level (such as simple ideas),
ex: disassemble a clock to see how it works, springs/gears
16. Empiricism The pursuit of knowledge through the observation of nature and the
attribution of all knowledge to experience
17. Mind-Body problem The question of the distinction between mental and physical qualities
18. Relax Action Theory The idea that an external object (stimulus) can bring about an invol-
untary response
19. Derived Ideas Produced by the direct application an external stimulus (the idea of the
bell or a tree)
20. Innate Ideas Arise from mind or consciousness, independent of sensory experi-
ences or external stimuli, ex: God, the self, perfection, infinity)
21. Positivism The doctrine that recognizes only natural phenomena or facts that are
objectively observable
22. Materialism The doctrine that considers the facts of the universe to be sufficiently
explained in physical terms by the existence and nature of matter
23. Simple Ideas Elemental ideas that arise from sensations and reflection
24. Complex Ideas