Psychology's Key Approaches
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I can describe the main approaches to psychology.
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Key concepts
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The word 'psychology' comes from the Latin for 'study of the soul', but today it is formally defined as the science of behavior and mental processes.
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Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychology laboratory in 1879, leading to structuralism which focused on breaking down consciousness.
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Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalysis, emphasizing the role of unconscious motives, while behaviorism focused on the study of observable behavior.
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Practice
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Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Bradford Titchener developed structuralism, an early approach to psychology. What was the primary method structuralists used to study consciousness, and what was its main drawback that led to its decline?
William James's functionalism offered a different perspective from structuralism. Instead of focusing on the 'what' of the mind, what did functionalism primarily investigate?
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“The video discussed several early approaches to understanding the human mind. Identify and briefly describe three of these main approaches, explaining the primary focus or method of each.”
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