PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Scientific Literacy, Empiricism
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Psyc 100: week 1 lecture notes (sept 13, 2017) Psi (psyche: psychology: scientific study of behaviour, thought, experience, not study of the brain though the brain matters, 8 types of psychology, clinical, development, educational, comparative, cognitive, social, biological. Industrial-organization: natural sciences + social sciences overlap with psychology, economics = an assumption, law = a standard, philosophy = a question, psychology = empirical question about individuals, sociology = empirical question about groups. Philosophical roots of psychology: structuralism, functionalism, empiricism, rationalism. Structuralism: knowledge through reduction into elements, wilhelm wundt (1832-1920, sought to identify mental atoms , used reaction time and introspection. Functionalism: knowledge through understanding utility, william james (1842-1910, researched purpose of conscious behaviour, experimentation and naturalistic introspection. Empiricism: knowledge through sensory observation, behaviour is measurable, mind is not. Rationalism: knowledge through reason and logic, general statements (universals) can"t be result of finite observations, underpinned cognitive revolution c. 1960, chomsky"s poverty of stimulus in language, enables study of thought and experiences.
