PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Behaviorism
30 Nov 2015
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About understanding mental processes (e. g thoughts) and behaviour by using a scienti c approach. It is dif cult to study, there are no simple explanations. Aristotle (4th century bc) asked questions to understand the relationship between body and psyche. Concludes that to understand the psyche we have to look at its bodily manifestations. William wundt (1832-1920) added two key elements to help make psychology a science. Titchener also relied on self report data and introspection, he had people report on sensations and other elements of experience, in reaction to stimuli. Titchener tried to use these introspective reports to build a view of the mind"s structure, he called this structuralism. William james wrote principles of psychology, he opposed the structuralism focus on introspection and search for smallest elements. He developed functionalism, focuses on the outcome of mental processes and behaviour. James studied human thoughts, feelings and behaviours and questions such as .
