Ch. 1 The Study of the History of Psychology

The principles, methods, and philosophical issues of historical research.

The intellectual and cultural climate or the spirit of the times.

The view that progress and change in scientific history are attributable to the Zeitgeist, which makes a culture receptive to some ideas but not to others

E. B. Tichener's system of psychology, which dealt with conscious experience as dependent on experiencing persons.

A system of psychology concerned with the mind as it is used in an organism's adaptation to its environment.

Watson's science of behavior, which dealt solely with observable behavioral acts that could be described in objective terms.

A system of psychology that focuses largely on learning and perception, suggesting that combining sensory elements produces new patterns with properties that did not exist in the individual elements.

Sigmund Freud's theory of personality and system of psychotherapy.

A system of psychology that emphasizes the study of conscious experience and the wholeness of human nature.

A system of psychology that focuses on the process of knowing, on how the mind actively organizes experiences.