Foundational concepts, key figures, and research methods essential for AP Psychology Unit 1.
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Empiricism
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The view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation.
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Structuralism
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An early school of psychology promoted by Wundt and Titchener that used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind.
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Functionalism
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A school of psychology promoted by James and influenced by Darwin; focused on how mental and behavioral processes function.
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Wilhelm Wundt
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Established the first psychology laboratory at the University of Leipzig, Germany, marking the birth of psychology as a science.
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William James
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American psychologist and philosopher known for writing the first psychology textbook and helping establish functionalism.
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