PSYC 4008 Chapter : History Of Modern Psych_Fall 2012_Chapter One
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Problem: it can be kind of dismissive, kind of condescending, etc: historicism: place yourself in context and present point of view of the people who lived during that time. Problem: you are running risk of making this history less relevant to present state of affairs: our book leans toward the historic side of things, internal vs. Determinism: things are determined; they are caused; there is a cause behind everything: no, we really don"t have free will. Indeterminism: doesn"t focus on causes; believes that things occur in a more freeform way: yes, we have free will. Behaviorism (more deterministic) vs. freudian (also deterministic) theories example: even though these are polarized, they do have determinism in common, empiricism rationalism. Taken form epistemology (the study of the nature of how we know things) Empiricism: based on experience: science relies on this to collect data. Both used in hypothesis formation and validation: inductivism deductivism.
