claimed than animal+ human behaviour evolves over time
individuals with stronger genes survive
individuals with weaker genes die
what does CORRE stand for
control
objective
rational
replicable
empirical
what is key about Rene Descartes
CARTESIAN DUALISM
claimed that the mind and body are independent entities and that the mind could be studied in its own right
French philosopher
what is key about John Locke
EMPIRICISM
claimed that all human experience is obtained through the senses
human beings do not inherit knowledge or instinct
this view formed the basis of behaviourism ( the world an be understood baby investigating external events that are observed and measured)
what was Wundts aim
his Asim was to try to analyse the nature of human consciousness, and thus represented the first systematic attempt to study the mind under controlled conditions
who was wilhelm Wundt
he opened the first ever lab dedicated entirely to psychological enquiry in a town in germany
what is a paradigm
a set of principles, assumptions and methods that all people within that subject agree on.
