Psychology Exam

Phrenology

the study of the bumps on a person's head
Structuralism
- -Concerned with discovering the basic elements of consciousness
- - Founded by: Wilhelm Wundt
- - Objective Sensations: physical senses in observation
- - Subjective Sensations: emotional/mental observations
Functionalism
- - Concerned with how mental processes help organisms adapt to their environment
- - Focused on the relationships between experience and behavior; continuous "stream of consciousness
- - Founded by: William James
Psychodynamic Thinking
- - Frued's theory
- - Assumed that most of what exists in an individual's mind is unconscious and consists of conflicting impulses, urges, and wishes

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