PSYC-241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gestalt Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Cognitive Revolution
2 May 2019
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Social psychology: social psychology: study of social behaviour. Things around us effect the way we think and our behaviour. Social thinking, feeling, influence: people are bound to situations. E. g) working out in a gym alone vs with others. Freud wasn"t scientific: experimental psychologists focused on the "physics" of thought and perception. Reflexes and reaction time: pavlov, watson and skinner mostly focused on animals in situations. Highly controlled situations: gestalt psychology: making sense of the world. "pre-social" psychology focused on animals, reflexes/perception time and mental illness. Fled from germany due to wwii and the nazis in the 1940s. Psychology has to matter and do something in the world. Based on lewin"s experience as a jew in nazi germany. Instrumental for making the field scientific: common sense is knowing enough psychology to get by day to day. Intuitively analyze others: findings are often counter intuitive. E. g) bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists.
