SIGN 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Forgetting Curve, Physiological Psychology, Edward B. Titchener
2 Jul 2020
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Epistemology: what can we know (study of knowledge) (romanticism vs rationalism) Empiricism: knowledge based on experience derived from experiences (enlightenment) Idealism: reality (as humans know it) is fundamentally mental, immaterial. Bacon: certain knowledge could only be obtained on the basis of observation, induction: systematic observation + organized results to find patterns (generalizations, founder of empiricism. Three main themes: nature vs nurture: knowledge, differences etc. (rationalism/empiricism, mind-body problem: relationship (dualism/monism(materialism/idealism)) cognition vs emotion: decisions (descartes/damasio) Doubt experiment : questioning everything, don"t assume the world is true, don"t trust your own perceptions, there is a point that we stop doubting about things. Immaterialist mental monist passive mind not source to exist is to be perceived rejection cause & effect. God is mediator reliable source habit outside world corresponding representations from inside no mind-body problem. Association psychology mechanization of mind all empiricist. Primary: contrast, similarity, contiguity; principles with which ideas can be associated. Secondary: recency, frequency, intensity; how strong association is.
