PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Behaviorism

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

Document Summary

Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Scientific- answering questions objectively based on observable facts, data, and established methods. Mental processes- thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, motivations, dreams, subjective experiences. Rene descartes: dualism, or the idea that the mind and the body are separate entities that interact. Plato: nativism, or the idea that certain kinds of knowledge are inborn or innate. Aristotle: philosophical empiricism, or the idea that all knowledge is acquired through experience. Physiology: the branch of biology the studies the functions and parts of living organisms, In the 1600s, physiologists being to study the workings of the brain and its relation to behavior. By the 1700s, physiologists find that specific bodily functions can be traced to specific brain areas. Some early ideas, such as phrenology, did not stand the test of time. Establishes first psychology research laboratory at the university of leipzig germany (1879)