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LECTURE 1 The Nature of Psychology
LECTURE 1 The Nature of Psychology
LECTURE 1 The Nature of Psychology
Plato: believed that ideas are innate and the soul is the
most important possession of man
William James – a
psychologist from Harvard
University who introduced
functionalism, which was
concerned with how the
consciousness functions and
rejected a purely analytical
method of investigation
which was traceable from
philosophy.
There are those who opposed
structuralism and proposed
another school of thought.
Sigmund Freud – a
Viennese physician who
introduced psychoanalysis
which considers hidden
motives and unconscious
desires as major
determinants of behavior.
There are those who opposed
structuralism and proposed
another school of thought.
Experimental Method