1.Ebbinhaus’ famous “Curve of Forgetting” is printed on page 110, and shows that most forgetting happens within about an hour of learning. This work is largely based on memorizing nonsense syllables such as “GUK,” “MER,” and “NIQ.” So, does the Curve of Forgetting represent the kind of forgetting that ordinarily happens to you, like when you forget your keys or an assignment? Why or why not? I think that for a fact this happens to me all the time. Sometimes when you are first learning something it is hard to concentrate and pay attention. Learning later on your own time is when we tend to learn more and remember more. 2. Now that you have read more about Wundt’s version of psychology, would you say his views are mechanistic in nature? Why do you think so? I think that Wundt’s version is more possibly than not a mechanistic approach. I think this is exemplified through his theory on mental processes and how they connect to one another. 3. Wundt’s version of psychology began to unravel pretty quickly, due to other theorists who were saying things like: The proper subject matter of psychology is mental activity; for example, the mental act of seeing rather than the study of mental content (F. Brentano) Psychology should examine the phenomena using introspection to study experience as it occurs. (C. Stumpf) Thinking can occur without any sensory or imaginal content. (O. Kulpe) Pick one of these three that resonate best with you as to why Wundt’s approach was limited. What about Brentano’s, Stumpf’s, or Kulpe’s counter-arguments to Wundt make him the most sensible to you? I think that Brentano has the best reason to the limitations to Wundt’s approach in psychology. I think that the counter arguments made by these two men were just to simply conflict with his theories, which were considered by many to be the only logical explanation for psychology.
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