PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pseudoscience, Psych, Behaviorism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Yen

Document Summary

Slg kaleigh: tues and thurs 5:30-7 at lb. 200b. Psychology: is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviours. It is academic, applicable, scientific and has a focus on mental functions and behaviours. Pseudoscience (the way people are must have to do with something about the physical appearance of your head) no basis for it. Wilhelm wundt, german philosopher, established first psychological lab: branched into structuralism and functionalism after his experiments. Structuralism- focus on the structure of the mental functioning through introspection. James encourages explorations o down to earth emotions, habits and willpower. He focused on introspective examination into the stream on the consciousness and of emotions. Branching off of psychological theory: behaviourism, psychoanalysis, humanism, socio-cultural psychology, cognitive psychology. Teaching kid how to be scared of rabbits. Argued that the reason why we do things are result from reward. Focus on what you can see, in order to be scientific.