PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt
10 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Intro To Psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
●The goal was to uncover the universal law of the human mind
●Psychology was the scientific study of the human mind
What is Psychology
●Is a science
●Is about behaviour
●Is about the mind and mental activity
Different Types of Psychology
●Development
○Studies how people change physically, cognitively, and socially over their entire
life span
●Educational
○Studies how people learn and the best way to teach them
●Health
○Examines how psychological factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of
physical health
○Also the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness
●Physiological
○Examines the influence of genetic factors on behaviour
○Also the role of the brain and nervous system in the regulation of behaviours
●Experimental
○The traditional core topics the psychology focused on in its early modern history;
sensation, perception, learning, conditioning, motivation, and emotion
●Cognitive
○Mental processes like memory, reasoning, language, problem, solving, decision
making, and creativity
●Personality
○Describing and understanding individuals consistency in behaviour (which
represents their personality)
○Also concerned with the facts that shape personality and with personality
assessment
●Social
○Studies all aspects of social behaviour and social thought (how we think about
and interact with others)
Document Summary
The goal was to uncover the universal law of the human mind. Psychology was the scientific study of the human mind. Is about the mind and mental activity. Studies how people change physically, cognitively, and socially over their entire life span. Studies how people learn and the best way to teach them. Examines how psychological factors relate to the promotion and maintenance of physical health. Also the causation, prevention, and treatment of illness. Examines the influence of genetic factors on behaviour. Also the role of the brain and nervous system in the regulation of behaviours. The traditional core topics the psychology focused on in its early modern history; sensation, perception, learning, conditioning, motivation, and emotion. Mental processes like memory, reasoning, language, problem, solving, decision making, and creativity. Describing and understanding individuals consistency in behaviour (which represents their personality) Also concerned with the facts that shape personality and with personality assessment.
