PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Cognitive Revolution, Empiricism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Psychology is the scienti c study of behaviour, thought, and experience. Law - a standard that everyone can be held too. Psychology - an empirical question about individuals. Sociology - an empirical question about groups. Survey knowledge you can study in psychology. Gain scienti c literacy and critical thinking skills. Discover yourself, and what makes you human. Carry the fruits of research somewhere new. Wilhelm wundt: sought to identify mental atoms . Used reaction time and introspection (getting people to describe an experiences; ex: eating an apple) Willian james: researched the purpose of conscious behaviour. Mind not observable by senses; is ignored. Do people and animals associate predictive stimuli with food (pavlov"s dog) General statements (universals) cannot be a result of nite observations. Underpinned cognitive revolution (how to baby"s eventually learn a full language) Empiricism: the theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience.