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Blind Obedience, The Holocaust And Other Atrocities
Blind obedience sees no evil. Social psychologists studying the holocaust believe blind obedience is among it's causes. Other atrocities linked to blind obedience include the Jonestown Massacre and the Hale-Bopp suicides. What is Blind Obedience? Blind obedience is defined as obeying an authority figure without thought. This is done regardless of the consequences for theRead More -
Psychology’s Fascinating Controversy: Structuralism Vs. Functionalism
Structuralism Vs. Functionalism Join the conversation on structuralism vs. functionalism. A great debate raging in psychology today is structuralism versus functionalism. In order to talk about something as vast as the history of psychology, it is helpful to categorize the knowledge (Green, Feinerer & Burman, 2014). Two large categories of knowledge that were vying forRead More -
Foundations of Psychology
Brain image made out of little cogwheels. Foundations of psychology. This is a scholarly article about the foundations of psychology. It discusses philosophy, psychodynamics, behaviorism, cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology and neurobiology. “Psychology is the scientific investigation of mental processes (thinking, remembering, feeling, etc.) and behavior” (Kowalski & Western, 2009, p. 4). The foundations of psychologyRead More