Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mary Whiton Calkins, Psych, Gustav Fechner

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Michael Atkinson

Document Summary

Put notes in margin key words, concepts: make summary notes, make up test question. Basic time management: identify your best time for studying, study difficult subjects first, use distributed learning, make sure environment supportive, set time for your social life, set time to sleep and eat, combine activities. What do psychologists do: psychology is whatever psychologists do, 43% of psychologists are clinical. Ex. why do people like each other: 9% are others (they don"t really fall into a category, maybe they do a combination of a few, and they perform a few more of the kleptic things) Who were the pioneers of psychology: long past but short history (not documented for a long time, started in 1879) Rene descartes: reflex arcs, divine intervention in psychology (obviously not, nerve pathways to brain and back. Gustav fechner: human sensory abilities, measuring sensory tests that are still used today. Wilhelm wundt: the founder of psychology, founded the first school of psychology.