PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psych, Psychoanalysis, Tabula Rasa

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Psychology 136 years old (super young) as a science but topics are as old as humanity. Nature vs. nurture: nature: inborn (plato, nurture: experience and learning (aristotle believed we are born as a blank slate) Interactive dualism: mind and body are two completely distinct entities that work together to create emotion, sensation, etc 1870 marks the official birth of psychology as a science in germany. Study of consciousness, trying to identify basic elements. Want to identify the adaptive value of conscious thoughts, emotions, and behaviour. He believed thinking developed because it"s adaptive and enhanced our survival. Strongly believed unresolved childhood conflicts pushed into unconscious, and they shape personality in adulthood. Thought psychoanalysis and behaviourism gave a limited view of human beings. Focus was free choice, free will, self determination, achieving potential. Psych cannot be a complete science without the study of mental processes. Multiple perspectives: each perspective covers psych. All are needed to have a fuller understanding of psych.