PSY 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Edward B. Titchener, Gestalt Psychology, Humanistic Psychology
8 Dec 2016
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I: influence (control or change to create a better outcome) P: predict (using current events to predict something in the future) The main component of psychology is people and how they are different from one another. Psychology doesn"t prove anything; it only finds evidence to support theories. Psychologists cannot give medication to you, unlike psychiatrics can (they have a medical degree). ***read page 5 of textbook: internal and external. 1900: freud (most known psychologist) publishes interpretation of dreams. 1908: washburn becomes the first woman to earn a phd in psychology. 1951: asch publishes classic work on the nature of conformity. 1971: clark becomes first african american to serve as president of american. Structuralism: break down of conscious experiences into all of its components. Psychology periodic table ; started by wundt; titchener, alston in 1870s. Introspection: the process of looking inward to your own conscious experience.
