PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jean Piaget, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psyccritiques

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Christine Logel

Document Summary

Psych 101 - lecture 1 - the story of psychology. Cognitive revolution: rebellion of a second group of psychologists during 1960s explores the ways we perceive, process and remember information. Cognitive neuroscience: interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (perception, thinking, memory, and language) given us ways to understand and treat disorders such as depression. Contemporary psychology young science of psychology: developed from philosophy and biology. Wundt: both a philosopher and a physiologist. Known as megellans of the mind (names above) who has illustrated. Ivan pavlov: pioneered study of learning, russian physiologist. Jean piaget: most influential observer of children, swiss biologist psychology"s origins in many countries and disciplines. The international union of psychological science (71 member nations) China"s first university psychology department began in 1978, now with nearly. The scientific study and behaviour and mental processes. Behaviour: anything an organism does; any action we can observe and record (yelling, blinking, talking, etc. )