PSYC 403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Yellow Fever, Survival Kit, Pragmatism
24 Mar 2020
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The developments in the new world america: pragmatism and functionalism, what is the mind for, what is its role, its function, opposition to titchener"s structuralism sarcastic nickname: elementism , asks different questions. Zeitgeist and ortgeist: a survival kit of the early settler communities: character, or personality strength, large distance between communities, migrations. The rise of american colleges and universities: 17th c. the early professional colleges training for clergy, judges and medical professionals, e. g. Clark univerity: the 19th c. is marked by the rapid rise of modern universities with m. a. , ph. d. and m. d. programs, bolded universities marked for the famous pioneers of american psychology, william james, hugo munsterberg and stanley hall. American pragmatists and functionalists: response to wundt saying that the american mentality is very trivial, commercial and lacking philosophical insight, william james. Pragmatism and functionalism: pragmatism accepts any concept or method if useful in the efficient and satisfying life, not a theory but an approach, like sophists.
