PSY100Y5 Lecture 1: PSYChapter 1
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From speculation to science: how psychology developed: philosophy, physiology, and psychology. He believed that perception, memory, dreaming and emotions were properties of the body. A new science is born: the contributions of wundt and hall. Psych became the scientific study of conscious experience. Psych focused on the mind and mental processes. Between 1883 and 1893, 24 labs opened in universities in u. s and canada. Then asked to analyze what they experienced: limitations: if you depend solely on the individual"s reflection to document a phenomenon, there is no independent objective evaluation of that claim. Chapter 1: the evolution of psychology: functionalism based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function/purpose of consciousness, not the structure. James (1842-1910: author of principles of psych (1890) most influential work, believed psych is deeply embedded in network of culture and intellectual influences. E: sigmund freud (1856-1939) austrian physician approach to psych grew out of.
