PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Dualism (Philosophy Of Mind), Folk Psychology
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Psy270: lecture 1: cognitive psychology: the scientific study of the mind. September 8th, 2014: in some ways it is a refinement of folk psychology. ; how many windows are there in your house: philosophy science structuralism behaviourism cognition cognitive neuroscience. Some context: cognition emphasized after behaviourism, contemporary psychology = cognitive neuroscience, premise: Every movement has been a reaction against what came before it. Age of enlightenment: mid-1600 isaac newton, philosophers came together to discuss fundamental principle of science scientific method, no questions about the mind until the mid-1800. Cartesian dualism: best way is to doubt all assumptions, cogito ergo sum because i think, i am . Wilhem wundt: advocated for structuralism: our overall experience is determined by combining basic elements of experience, basic elements of experience, sensations, were uncovered through analytic introspection: observers were trained to make observations removed of biases.
