William James. Howie Kilpatrick Nick Arcaria Zach Gilday. Early Life. Born on January 11, 1842 in New York City. Grew up in a wealthy household. He was one of five children. Family consisted of historians, biographers, and critics. His father was a Swedenborgian theologian. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
William James
Howie KilpatrickNick Arcaria Zach GildayWilliam James
Early LifeBorn on January 11, 1842 in New York City.Grew up in a
wealthy household.He was one of five children.Family consisted of
historians, biographers, and critics.His father was a Swedenborgian
theologian.Aspired to be an artist or scientist, and studied
painting with William Morris Hunt when he was 16.
SchoolingIn 1861, James entered Lawrence Scientific School,
Harvard University.Suffered severe depression and contemplated
suicide. In 1865-6, left America to study psychology under
Helmholtz in the Amazon.In 1869, he received his M.D. from Harvard
University.In 1872, focused his studies on psychology instead of
medicine. Shortly after, in 1875 he started teaching psychology
there.Was fluent in five languages.
Theories - PragmatismDefinition an approach that assess the
truth of meaning of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of
their practical application.What difference will this truth make in
your life?Example Trumans decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Logical decision to convince the Japanese to surrender.
Theories - FunctionalismDefinition the doctrine and philosophy
of mind according to which mental states are defined by their
causes and effects.How the causes and effects of different
situations affect your mental state.If you have a big test coming
up, you will get anxious, and start to shake.When the body
experiences pain, it produces the thought that something is wrong
with the body, therefore causing anxiety , wincing, and
moaning.
Theories James Lange Theory of EmotionDefinition argues that an
event causes physiological arousal first, and then we interpret the
arousal. Only after our interpretation of the arousal, do we
experience emotion.I see a bear. My muscles tense, my heart races.
I feel afraid.
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