PSY 401 1st Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Last 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 Outline of Current Lecture I Early American Psychology a Jamesian Psychology i Habit ii The self iii Emotion iv Memory b Granville Stanley Hall 1844 1924 i First PhD in Psychology 1878 ii Established Lab at John Hopkins Current Lecture I Early American Psychology a Jamesian Psychology i Habit 1 Purpose influenced be evolutionary theory a Habits make it so tasks take less effort make sense b Looking at automaticity c Conserve resources 2 Strenuous life a How to develop healthy habits recommendations b Do not skip because tired busy c Make public declarations of intensions of habit developments 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 3 Brain Plasticity possession of a structure weak enough to yield to an influence but strong enough not to yield all at once a Malleable enough to change but not too malleable that it can fall apart ii The Self three components 1 Material Self physical state body and possessions 2 Social Selves different for each relationship a Context depended behavior 3 Spiritual Self core traits are not context dependent a Internal b Basis for morality i thinking you are a nice person ii Example fish personality influenced by traits of the group shy fish it among lots of other shy fish become a little more bold bold fish among other bold fish little more shy iii Emotion 1 Carl Lange 1843 1900 a Physiologist emotions are just physiological reaction i Fear heart rate and blood pressure increase ii Reductionist 2 James Lange Theory of Emotion bodily changed occur before perception of emotion we feel said because we cry angry because we strike afraid because we tremble 3 Implication of theory individual can control emotions a to feel cheerful sit up cheerfully look around cheerfully and act as if cheerfulness were already there iv Memory 1 Primary Memory WM in immediate consciousness 2 Secondary Memory not thinking about it but can retrieve from database long term memory 3 Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon a Structuralists criticized this for not being scientific b Granville Stanley Hall 1844 1924 i First PhD in Psychology 1878 1 First to study with James AND Wundt lots of diverse experience information a Interested in evolutionary theory ii Established lab at Johns Hopkins 1 First American psychology journal 2 American Journal of Psychology 1887
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