FASH 141 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Revolution, Psychological Review, Fox Sisters
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Watson skinner thorndike and pavlov didn"t influence each other, they both influenced watson and skinner. Chapter 5: strengthening the scientific standing of psychology. The perception of psychology in the usa at the beginning of the 20th c: Strong interest in darwin"s evolutionary theory: eugenics had a strong impact. The fare of a nation can be improved by selective breeding of its habitants. If psychology were to prosper, it had to subscribe to american values, which it did (except fot titchener) led to functionalism. Psychology and its position within universities: the position of the psychology laboratories was precarious. They were mostly part of philosophical institutes (rather than science faculties). Phrenology: view that different functions are controlled by different parts of the brain and that the capacity of a function corresponds to the size of the brain part devoted to it. By measuring the skull, it was possible to predict the strengths and weaknesses of a person cranioscopy.
