PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mendelian Inheritance, Gestalt Psychology, Scientific Method
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Mental processes and behaviours: whole groups and behavior. Ta(cid:396)ts (cid:449)he(cid:374) people (cid:449)o(cid:374)de(cid:396)ed a(cid:271)out hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e a(cid:374)d hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396) Psychology = philosophy: no unique domain of psychology. Philosophers argued about what it was like to be human, alive and experience things. Encouraged empirical examination (questions, hypotheses, testing: sensation and perception. Hippocrates: 4 humors, choleric: yellow bile; determined, quick to act, fiery, energetic, sanguine: blood; warm hearted, outgoing, optimistic, phlegmatic: phlegm; slow, patient, calm, quiet, melancholic: black bile; serious, fearful, define personality, character, health. Wilhelm wundt: founder of psychology, 1879, leipzig, germany, conducted experiments, but not like today, questioned experience, belief that all (cid:862)e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e (cid:396)edu(cid:272)ed to (cid:271)asi(cid:272) ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. Immediate consciousness: goal: define/explain the structure of conscious experience. Introspection: what did they do in their experiments, reaction times, attention span, perception of visual stimuli, touch and hearing, ho(cid:449) does (cid:862)(cid:449)ill(cid:863) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396), primary motivator for action and decision (voluntarism)
