PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Egocentrism, Adult Development, Psychoticism

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1030H
• Professor: James Parker

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Hermann von helmholtz (1821-1894: helmholtz took up the challenge of attempting to study the mind mathematically, for much of his career he conducted studies on the physiological of optics and acoustics, he was also a leading physicist, e. g. Wu(cid:374)dt(cid:859)s ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455: psychology was the scientific study of the human mind, the goal was to uncover the universal laws of the human mind. Theory of evolution: 1st part, there is a constant struggle for existence, because animals tend to outgrow their food supply. Da(cid:396)(cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:859)s i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e: since all species are related. Human psychology can no longer be viewed as isolated from an animal psychology: the study of animals has a new importance. What is psychology: the(cid:396)e is(cid:374)(cid:859)t a (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete ag(cid:396)ee(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:271)out defi(cid:374)itions (there are common themes, psychology is a science, psychology is about behavior, psychology is about the mind/mental activity. Developmental psychology: studies how people can change physically, cognitively and socially over their entire life span.