Functionalism

- Wanted to discover what mental experience "is for"

- "What is memory for? Why do we have the memory that we do?"

- Proposed that Humans only use 10% of their intellectual potential.

Structuralism

- Discover the basic elements of thought; what mental experience "is"

- Made a psychological table of elements

- Interested in mental conscious events

Behaviourism

- The sole subject matter of psychology is behaviour, because only behaviour can be observed.

- Banished the study of thinking because thinking is not observable.

Behaviourism

- The sole subject matter of psychology is behaviour, because only behaviour can be observed.

- Banished the study of thinking because thinking is not observable.

Behaviourism

- The sole subject matter of psychology is behaviour, because only behaviour can be observed.

- Banished the study of thinking because thinking is not observable.

Cognitivism

- Cognition: The study of mental processes involved in various types of thinking.

- Cognitive processes and representations exist and can be studied objectively and scientifically

Cognitivism

- Cognition: The study of mental processes involved in various types of thinking.

- Cognitive processes and representations exist and can be studied objectively and scientifically

Psychoanalysis

- Unconscious mental processes directly influence behaviour

- Emotional/Mental problems largely due to competing interests or different unconscious processes.

Tamping Iron went through his skull damaging his frontal lobe.

• change in personality
• responsibility
• impulse control
• planning present and future actions
• appreciating the consequences of present and future actions

Making A Murderer

Imprisoned for 14 years

IQ two standard deviations below average

• Underwent bi-lateral medial temporal lobe resection surgery to alleviate seizures.
• Lost the ability to form long term memories, but retained the ability to form long term procedural memories.