Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Brenda Milner, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Elizabeth Loftus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Wilhelm wundt established the first psychology lab along with edward titchener developed the. Structuralism: the mind should be studied by breaking it down into basic components used introspection to study sensations. Structuralism gave way to functionalism which focuses on the functions of consciousness rather than its structure. Searches for the causes of behavior within the inner workings of our personality. Psychoanalysis the analysis of internal and primarily unconscious psychological forces. The behavioral perspective: focuses on the role of external environment in governing our actions, john locke born a blank slate and human nature is shaped by our environment. John watson the little albert experiment proves that fears are learned not inherited eg/ the white rat and the flaming newspaper. Advertising condition people to want something by pairing it with something they like so that they associate them together in the future.