PSYC 2260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Experimental Psychology, Empiricism

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2260
• Professor: Steven Hladkyj

Document Summary

People are confronted with a wide range of facts and opinions. Four general methods by which people hold beliefs about the world: tenacity (cid:862)salt is (cid:271)ad for (cid:455)ou(cid:863) Ideas that you have always known, needing to go an extra mile to try to switch a perso(cid:374)"s pov: authority, trusting someone of higher power, rationalism. Ideas that seem logical and reasonable (cid:862)if this happe(cid:374)s, the(cid:374) that happe(cid:374)s(cid:863: problems with rationalism, assumes an argument based on sound facts, empiricism, actually collecting objective evidence to answer a question. Based on currents, it can form a giant island of plastic. Evidence is anecdotal: accounts that people have, not a systematic collection of the evidence. Empiricism and psychology (cid:862) (cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of mi(cid:374)d(cid:863) goal to legitimize the study of psychology (instead of philosophy) Based on the fact that human behaviour follows predictable patterns that can be statistically measured. Introspection: perception of the physical world: people"s respo(cid:374)ses (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) ho(cid:449) the(cid:455) (cid:449)ere e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g the ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al (cid:449)orld.