PSYC 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Folk Psychology, Psychophysics, Classical Conditioning

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 308
• Professor: Jack Martin

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Lecture 1: why study the history of psychology. Pavlov"s classical conditioning: the bell was involved in all descriptions of his experiment, but there was no bell when he actually conducted the experiment. Pavlov: considered to be a neurophysiological psychologist. Aim for a consistent, and well-put together essay for the in-class writing assignments: no reference needed for readings from the course content. Modern psychology dates from the late 19th century to the present day. Transition from small p psychology (folk psychology, mental philosophy, and psychophysics) to the big p psychology (organized discipline and professional psychology) during the two decades of the. Big p psychology is more formalized: the practice of psychology. Several different systems or schools of psychology have developed since the late 1800s (structuralism, functionalism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, neobehaviorism, gestalt, humanistic. Many sub-disciplines of psychology have also developed (developmental, social, cognitive, clinical, theoretical, historical, biological etc. ) Most recent inter-discipline initiatives include cognitive science, neuroscience, and cultural studies.