PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Unconscious Mind
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Psych 111 - lecture 1 - the evolution of psychology. The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior. 8-10 on pain scale, because of experience with dry sockets. 0, because they were put to sleep and never had any problems after the surgery. Understand and explain the causes of behavior. Come up with testable hypotheses about behavior. Control behavior through understanding its causes and consequences. Wilhelm wundt: established the first psychological laboratory in leipzig, germany (1879) Analyzed consciousness: a person"s subjective experience of the world and the mind. : wundt explored the relationship the basic elements that constitute the. Structuralism mind (conscious experience of sensations and feelings, relied on introspection). he basic elements that constitute the mind (conscious experience of sensations and feelings, relied on introspection). William james: built on the principles of introspection and the study of conscious experiences, but instead focused on the why and the adaptive reasons for what and how we perceive in the real world.
