PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ion, Falsifiability, Sociobiology

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Kenneth Campbell

Document Summary

The science of the study of the mind (psyche) or mental processes . Psyche is the totality of the human mind, consciousness, and unconscious ( life , soul ) Historical roots of psychology and the study of the mind. Even if we can observe and measure behavior, The study of mental processes and behaviour. This might cause another variable (what we are measuring) to change. In a true experiment we manipulate or (change) a variable . In psychology, we manipulate the mind, a mental process. First experimental psychology lab: wilhelm wundt in leipzig germany. The exact description of consciousness [bewusstsein] is the sole aim of experimental psycholo- gy. Basic principles of experimentation are used to explain psychological phenomena. Structuralism: devalued by edward titchener in the u. s. Basic structures of the mind (analogous to the basic elements in chemistry) The participant had to look inward (self-reflect) on the contents of their consciousness. This proved to be very unreliable and highly subjective.