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    The document discusses several areas of psychology including ethology, Gestalt psychology, cognitive psychology, Freudian psychology, Jungian psychology, and cultural/social psychology. It notes key aspects of each such as ethology's focus on species-typical behavior and nativism. Gestalt psychology emphasized that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Cognitive psychology included the Chomsky vs. Skinner debate on language acquisition. Freud applied representative transformations between consciousness and the unconscious. Jung expanded Freudian concepts to spirituality. Cultural psychology examines humans as social beings influenced by groups.

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    The document discusses several areas of psychology including ethology, Gestalt psychology, cognitive psychology, Freudian psychology, Jungian psychology, and cultural/social psychology. It notes key aspects of each such as ethology's focus on species-typical behavior and nativism. Gestalt psychology emphasized that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Cognitive psychology included the Chomsky vs. Skinner debate on language acquisition. Freud applied representative transformations between consciousness and the unconscious. Jung expanded Freudian concepts to spirituality. Cultural psychology examines humans as social beings influenced by groups.

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    Species Typical Behavior Strong Nativist Component Simple Representative Transformations

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    Ethology

    Species typical behavior Strong Nativist component Simple representative transformations

    Gestalt Psychology
    Resonance with James The whole is more than the sum of its parts Massively top-down Focus on our direct experience: i.e. our
    phenomenology as a distinct domain Example: Phi phenomenon

    Cognitive Psychology

    Chomsky vs. Skinner on language acquisition: classic nature vs. nurture dispute Computers and information processing models: representative transformations Many strands, slowly returning to pre-behaviorist approaches to psychology

    Psychology as the center of the academic universe


    (See also figure 1.4 in 6th edition of your Text)

    Social Sciences
    Cultural Anthropology

    Natural Sciences
    Physics Chemistry Biology Psychology Sociology
    Political Science

    Mathematics

    Economics

    Philosophy

    Languages

    Art

    Music

    Humanities

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    Freud

    Massive structural asymmetry of conscious and unconscious processes Representative transformations between consciousness and the unconscious Strong evidence for his general theory of mind, but much weaker evidence for the overall value of his therapy

    Jung

    Applies Freud-like model of the mind to investigate humans religious and spiritual inclinations Major influence on Humanist psychology Major influence on personality theory Absence from text may be another example of the lingering influence of behaviorism

    Humanistic therapy

    Emphasis on notions of self and self-integration Simpleminded theory, but with good therapist can be effective

    Cultural/Social psychology

    Humans as social mammals Salience of hierarchies Conformity, social control, group polarization, groupthink

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