Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Individualism, Naturalistic Observation, Chromosome

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas-de Hoog

Document Summary

Biological brain and hormonal and genetics influences. Environmental physical and social stimuli including cultural influences. Unconscious part of mind profoundly influences behavior - psychoanalysis focus on unconscious forces. Modern player is john b watson behaviorism. Environmental control of behavior through learning radical behaviorist. Founder of structuralism - an idea tat was eventually abandoned for functionalism. Functionalism which seeks to study the functions of the consciousness rather than its structure. Examines how the social environment and cultural learning influence our behavior thoughts and feelings. Hermann von ebbinghaus first empirical study of cognitive phenomena (memory and forgetting) Gestalt psych whole greater than the sum of its parts. Individualism emphasis on personal goals and self identity. Collectivism individual goals to those of the group. Behavioral neuroscience seeks to understand which brain processes and other physiological functions. Behavior genetics behavioral tendencies influenced by genetics. Evolutionary psych how evolutionary processes shaped modern human behavior.