PSY 1101 Lecture 1: PSY 11101- Lec 1

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Kenneth Campbell

Document Summary

>the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of the study of the (cid:862)(cid:373)i(cid:374)d(cid:863) or (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal pro(cid:272)esses(cid:863) > psyche is the totality of the human mind. > in any science we need to describe our variables, observe our variables, and measure (quantify) our variables. > what are mental processes, difficult to define, mental processes cannot be observed, but they can be inferred. > in a true experiment we can manipulate the variables. > experimental psy: began in the mid-late 1800s first experimental psychology lab: wilhelm wundt in leipzig germany. Structuralism: developed by edward titchener in the us. Basic structures of the mind(analogous to the basic elements in chemistry) Debate over whether the mind is physical or non-physical. What is the function of our thoughts, consciousness and emotions. Developed a number of theories about consciousness, attention memory, he also wrote the first text book on psychology. Again the study of functions proved to be highly subjective.