PSYC 1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Abraham Maslow, Sigmund Freud, Unconscious Mind
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Prologue lecture 1: the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes, psychology can also be thought of as a profession. Why psych: better understanding of your own and others behaviour. Learn techniques on how to change or improve behaviour. Learning why individuals feel or act differently than others. Early approaches: psych was organized into two different classes, there is structuralism and functionalism, structuralism, edward brathforthlooked at it introspection. Sough to understand mental processes by understanding the goal purpose of these processes. Modern approaches: behavioural, psychoanalytical, humanistic, cognitive, biological, evolutionary. Behavioural approach: this came about in the 1920"s, this was pioneered by two american psychologist, john b. watson and skinner, according to behaviorist, they said all you need to do to understand people is too look at their. Introspection is too subjective, so this approach is more objective. behaviour: this was prominent until the 1960"s, we still use this today, we still measure behaviour but we combine it with mental processes.
