PSY 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wilhelm Wundt, Edward B. Titchener, Psychoanalysis
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The discredited theory that different brain areas account for character and personality traits, which can be read from bumps on the skull. Established first psychological laboratory: 1879 at the university of leipzig. Structuralism: early approach that emphasized the analysis of immediate experience into basic elements (wundt & titchener) Observe, analyze and describe your own sensations, mental images, and emotional reactions. Functionalism: early approach that emphasized the function or purpose of behaviour and consciousness, william james. Interested in how and why something happens: functionalists broadened field of psychology to include the study of children, animals, religious experiences, and stream of consciousness. Modern psychology: psychologists examine both the structure and the function of behaviour. Examine general principles of behaviour as well as unique aspects of individuals. How we approach the study of behaviour depends on our psychological perspective. Psychoanalysis: a theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy (freud, physical symptoms due to emotional trauma or conflicts from early childhood.
