PSY 401 1st Edition Lecture 25 Outline of Last Lecture I Applications of Evolutionary Theory a Herbert Spencer i Survival of The fittest ii Social Darwinism iii Principles of Psychology 1855 b Francis Galton 1822 1911 i Obsession with counting ii Statistical Inquires into the Effectiveness of Prayer 1872 iii Co relations and their measurements iv Hereditary Genius v Eugenics vi English Men of Science Their Nature and Nurture vii Inquiring into Human Faulty and Its Development viii Word Association Test ix Mental Imagery Outline of Current Lecture I Early American Psychology Functionalism a William James 1842 1910 i Prestigious Family ii Professional Career b Jamesian Psychology and Philosophy Characteristics i Individualism ii Pluralism iii Free Will iv Moralism Current Lecture I Early American Psychology Functionalism a William James 1842 1910 i Prestigious Family 1 William James of Albany grandfather a Smart investment made millions 2 Henry James Sr father These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a Also lots of money lots of education for five kids lots of pressure i James traveled a lot and had a lot of exposure because of this b Anti materialistic c Communes Brooks Farms everyone contributed i Failed because did not have any experienced farmers ii Showed that people could work and live together ii Professional Career 1 Expedition with Louis Agassiz to Brazil 1865 a Sick most of the trip did not get much data 2 M D 1869 barely gets degree a Realized wasn t really interested in doctor practice 3 Depression no control over life a my first act of free will shall be to believe in free will rejected determinism helped bring him out of depression b Alice Howe Gibbons relationship made him happy 4 Relations between psychology and physiology 1875 a First psychology course in Americas 5 Henry Hold asks James for Psychology textbook a Principles of Psychology b Psychology Briefer Course c Talks to Teachers i Shows years of delay between research and textbooks ii Much more broad than structuralists iii Effective ways to teach learn applied 6 Popular Lecturer a First American professor to ask for student evaluations b Jamesian Psychology and Philosophy Characteristics i Individualism importance of individual experience differences 1 Lots of influence form evolutionary theory ii Pluralism pluralistic methodologies use any every method compared to structuralists who had specific method for specific areas 1 Questionnaire method 2 Structuralism brass instrument psychology 3 Comparative psychology across species 4 Psychic research ESP etc iii Free Will 1 Dilemma of Determinism 1884 2 Hard vs Soft Determinism a Primed participants for determinism or free will found it predicted behavior 3 Moralism a Easy going vs strenuous lifestyle i Recommends strenuous be hyper productive 1 Use techniques to help you act strenuously get up early b energies of men 1907 i Second wind
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