PSYC 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behaviorism, Psychotherapy, Josef Breuer

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1150
• Professor: Scott Mattson

Document Summary

Psychology : originates from greek word meaning study of the soul today - science of behaviour and mental processes. Aristotle believed the seed of human consciousness was in the heart, not the. 2000 years ago in china - first psychological evaluations tackling the big questions. Do we have free will, or are we driven by biology and evolution: sigmund freud. Theories helped build our views on childhood, dreams, sexuality. Tried to understand structures of consciousness by asking patients how they felt doing certain activities - structuralism became too subjective; people may feel differently doing the same thing. Functionalism; inspired by darwin"s idea that adaptive behaviours are con- served throughout evolution. Science of mental life - james" def. of psych. Josef breuer - treated patient with talking cure ; allowed her to talk about her symptoms, the more she talked and pulled up traumatic memories, symptoms were re- duced; breakthrough in psychology.