PSYC 10a Chapter 1: Psychology Textbook

• School: Brandeis University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 10a
• Professor: Angela Gutchess

Document Summary

Psychology textbook chapter 1: evolution of a science. Notes written by zara hoffman. Path to a science of mind. Joseph gall believed brain size and mental ability were positively correlated, and that brain damage decreased mental ability. Applying methods from physiology to psychology. Wundt and the development of structuralism: assistant to helmholtz; is credited for the official emergence of psychology. He focused more on structuralism than consciousness and made a list of more than 44,000 conscious. Elements. : structuralism ultimately loses popularity because of it"s emphasis on subjective observation. James and the functional approach: william james opened a psychology lab at harvard and worked off of. Wundt"s previous work, but disagreed with structuralism. He focused on development and education and was also influenced by darwin"s evolutionary thinking. Hall believed that human mental development mirrors evolutionary mental development). He founded the american journal of psychology, played a key role in founding the american psychology association and its first.