PSY 1101 Lecture 1: lecture 1

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Mark Dallas

Document Summary

Mental processes- questions based on feelings etc. Aristotle: nativism- kinds of knowledge are inborn or innate, were born with it, philosophical empiricism- all knowledge is acquired through experience, we need to learn it, dualism- mind and body are separate entities that. Physiology: 1600"s brain to behavior research, 1700s specific bodily functions to specific parts of the brain. Using scientific methods to study psychological processes. Wilhelm wundt, german, first research lab and textbook. Structuralism: edward titchener, conscious experiences can be broken down to elemental structures. Functionalism: advocated by william james, darwin influenced- studies how behaviors function to allow people and animals to adapt to their environment. Psychoanalytic theory, unconscious mental processes shape feelings, thoughts, and behaviors sigmund freud. Freud: freud"s theory emphasized unconscious conflicts that were predominantly sexual and aggressive in nature. While the conflicts are revealed in almost every aspect of everyday life, when extreme, they result in psychological disorder.