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PSYC 375 Final Exam QuestionsWhat were the 4 stages of early American psychology? - ✔✔Stage 1: Moral and Mental Philosophy (1640-1776) Stage 2: intellectual philosophy (1776-1886) Stage 3: The ... US Renaissance (1886-1896) Stage 4: US Functionalism (1896 & beyond) What were the beliefs during the first stage of early American psychology (1640-1776)? - ✔✔"Psychology existed for the sake of logic, and logic for the sake of God" What event caused the beginning of enlightenment during the first stage of early American psychology (1640-1776)? - ✔✔It began in 1714 when John Locke's "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" (1690) reached the US colonies and had a widespread influence What were the beliefs during the second stage of early American psychology (1776- 1886)? - ✔✔Psychology became a separate discipline largely under the influence of Scottish commonsense philosophy and believed in naive realism when it came to God What were 4 events that brought on the third stage of early American psychology (1886- 1896)? - ✔✔(1) Herbert Spencer's Principles of Psychology (1880) (2) John Dewey's Psychology (1886) (3) American Journal of Psychology (1887) (4) William James's The Principles of Psychology (1890) What were the beliefs during the third stage of early American psychology (1886-1896)? - ✔✔Titchener's structuralism competed with functionalism. It was also a fertile ground for the development of practices to help individuals live more effective lives like physiognomy, phrenology, mesmerism, and spiritualism What were the beliefs during the fourth stage of early American psychology (1896 & beyond)? - ✔✔Science, a concern for practicality, an emphasis on the individual, and evolutionary theory combined into the school of functionalism What event marked the beginning of the fourth stage of early American psychology (1896 & beyond)? - ✔✔John Dewey's article "The Reflex Arc in Psychology." in 1896 marked the beginning of functionalism What are the 8 characteristics of functionalists psychology? - ✔✔(1) opposed the sterile search for the elements of consciousness in like the structuralists (2) wanted to understand the function of the mind rather than provide a static description of its contents. [Show More]

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