PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Higher Consciousness

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

Document Summary

Psychology: the science of the study of the mind. Psyche: also means butterfly; the symbol for psyche is a butterfly. Totality of the human mind, consciousness and unconsciousness. Historical roots of psychology and the study of the mind. Define our variables (e. g. leaves are changing) Observe our variables (e. g. leaves changing as seen through physics) We cannot study mental processes but we can study behavior and how people act and why they act they way that they do. How do we define behavior, what is behavior. In a true experiment we manipulate or change a variable. This might cause another variable to change. First experimental lab was by wilhelm wundt in germany. The exact description of consciousness is the sole aim of experimental psychology. Basic prinicpals of experimentation are used to explain psychological factors. Structuralism: developed by edward titchener in the u. s. ; basic structures of the mind (analogous to the basic elements in chemistry. ) he used a method called introspection.