PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Contiguity, Associationism, American Psychological Association
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Impact of philosophy on the development of ideas about mind, behavior, and human nature continued as classic philosophy itself developed through the periods of. Renaissance, post- renaissance, and associationism: rene descartes argued for the dualism of mind and body. The mind and body were separate and fundamentally different, with the mind (soul) being immaterial and the province of god . He also believed that processes and functions such as memory, perception, dreaming, and emotions were properties of the body: open to being understood in naturalistic terms. University in 1883: four years later, launched america"s first psychology journal, 1892 he was the driving force behind the establishment of the american. Psychological association (apa) and was elected its first president. Today, apa is the world"s largest organization devoted to the advancement of psychology, with over 154 000 members and affiliates: psychology was born in germany, but it blossomed into adolescence in america. The battle of the schools begins: structuralism vs. functionalism.
