PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud, Classical Conditioning

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 105
• Professor: William Huggon

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Descartes: thought the brain controlled the body via movement of fluids within tubes. Muller: studied relationship between physical stimuli and their psychological effects. Von helmholtz: measured speed of neural impulses (not instantaneous) Wilhelm wundt: focused on study of the subconscious, father of psychology (which was indistinguishable from philosophy, established first psychology lab in germany (1800s, general questions on these concepts (not exact dates) Introspection: the reflective/systematic observation of details of mental processes and how thoughts combine into complex ideas. Goal of structuralism: to describe observable mental processes rather than explain/predict/control. Most functionalists used animals, children, and people with mental disorders (to help them) William james: set up first psychology lab in us at harvard, wrote first psychology textbook. Functionalism: the flow of consciousness, emphasis on the functions of the mind in adapting to a changing environment, used empirical methods that focused on the causes/consequences of behaviour. Said: consciousness can"t be broken down into elements.