Psychology

elements of consciousness, mental apparatus

functions of the mind, which may require multiple structures

how ideas become associated with one another in the mind, thereby resulting in a form of learning

study observable behavior, not consciousness or mental introspection

study perception and cognitive behavior as a whole. mental phenomena cannot be understood by breaking them down into parts.

understand how people think. unlike gestaltists, they wanted to break mental operations down into parts. how knowledge is learned, processed, and stored

understand personality by studying the underlying drives and motivators that shape it from childhood. emphasis on pathology

emphasizes conscious experience in personal development, free will, importance of human potential