PSY 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dream Interpretation, Psychoanalysis, Wilhelm Wundt

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History of Psychology
“ scientific study of mind & behaviour”
Looking for patterns
Thoughts & feelings
Action -> oral & written responses
Make assumptions of the mind based on behaviour | “why do people do
the things they do?”
William Wundt - first research lab in Germany 1879
Philosophers have always been speculating about the mind & behaviour
Psychologists also interested in insights from other sciences (especially
medicine)
**speech comes from the left hemisphere of the brain**
Structuralism - interest in the structure of our thoughts & feelings
(structure of the mind) -> performed experiments on themselves |  
introspection
1880s, Ebbinghaus tested his ability to remember lists of nonsense words
at different time intervals
Reaction time (RT)
How long does it take for a thought to form?
1. Eyes to brain
2. Decision
3. Brain to finger
Functionalism: investigate the function or purpose of mind & behaviour
->  influenced by Darwin’s natural/ sexual selection
Behaviour might increase or decrease your ability to reproduce
Psychoanalysis: Freud thought behaviour is governed by unconscious
thoughts ->  did not like the methods of the structuralists
“Iceberg” metaphor
He had clients come with anxiety -> conflict between unconscious  
thoughts (urges) & awareness of “moral standards”
He developed psychoanalysis - how can we access people’s unconscious
thoughts
Free association hypnosis
Dream interpretation
Interpretation of spoken language
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