PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Brenda Milner, Canadian Psychological Association, Donald O. Hebb

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Toni Serafini

Document Summary

Inner workings of the mind; direct conscious experiences and breaking it down. Important canadian contributions by brenda milner and donald hebb (mcgill: who are psychologists, study all aspects of life, diverse areas of focus (ex: research, teaching, clinical work, clinical psychologists vs. John b. watson concluded that children should be (cid:271)(cid:396)ought up usi(cid:374)g a (cid:862)s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272)(cid:863), st(cid:396)i(cid:272)tl(cid:455)-scheduled, rules- based model: major theoretical perspectives in psychology. Limited- does not answer all our questions: psychodynamic, behaviourist, humanistic, cognitive, biopsychological, social, cultural, evolutionary, psychodynamic perspective, sigmund freud, proposed that unconscious mental processes direct behaviour, therapeutic technique: psychoanalysis, focuses on our energy, and pleasure, behaviourism. John watson: rejected study of contents of consciousness, focused on measuring only what is observable, focuses on environment to shape behaviour, humanistic perspective, developed by carl rogers and abraham maslow. Individuals motivated by need for self-actualization: e(cid:373)phasizes pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s positi(cid:448)e (cid:395)ualities, u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es, cognitive perspective, focuses on such processes as perception, memory, and thinking, mental processes involved in knowing.