PSYO 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sigmund Freud, Wilder Penfield, Wilhelm Wundt
7 Aug 2016
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What is psych?o phrenology head (porcelain bust): early ways of understanding human behaviour by the bumps and divots on someone"s head. o psych is the study of behaviour. History of philosophy?o rene decartes (1595-1650): rationalism. Behaviour is controlled by environmental stimuli (reflexes). -man is unique because he has a mind. -dualism: the mind is separate from matter. Mind controls body body provides the mind with info about the environment. Biology?o herman von helmholtz (1821 1894) Investigated the speed of electrical transmission in the nerves: ernst weber (1795 1878)-continues to work off of helmholtz work by measuring the magnitude of human sensations (ex. The first psychology?o wilhelm wundt (1832 1920) Behaviourism: abandoned the study of consciousness o should only study observable behaviour. o ivan pavlov ( 1849 1936) Dogs could be trained to drool with certain sounds. o john watson (1878 . Treated people with hysteria. -developed psycho analysis- unconscious/conscious behaviour. Behaviourism continued?o b. f. skinner (1909 1994)
