PSYC 1102 Lecture Notes - Mary Whiton Calkins, Margaret Floy Washburn, Edward B. Titchener
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Most psychologists hated this, but it was all they have. Wanted to figure out the structure of the mind. Still used introspection, because he was wundt"s student. Specifically excluded women from his psychology group. Specifically wrote about him being a bitch. Said to his face that he was a bitch. Was refused a degree from harvard because she was female. Still the first female president of the apa (american psychological. First woman to get a psych degree. Same year that calkins was denied hers. Hated introspection, like most psychologists, but actually did something about it. Wanted to learn about how the brain produces behaviors. Believed that we evolved our behaviors because they helped us survive and had. Influenced by darwin, who was doing his research around the same time purpose - a function. Functionalism has also evolved and isn"t used as often anymore, but many modern theories and psychologists are influenced by functionalism.
