PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Psychological Association, Flat Stanley, Edward B. Titchener
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Wilhelm wundt: psychology"s primary focus was consciousness the awareness of immediate experience. This kept psychology focused on the mind and mental processes. How do the mind and the body interact? . Created first psych lab in the world in germany. Stanley hall (flat stanley was the first flat man) Established america"s first psych research lab, journal, established american. Psychological association (apa) and was elected its first president. Structuralism: (edward titchener) based on the notion that psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements such as sensation, feelings and images and investigate how these are related. To examine the contents of structuralism, they used the introspection a careful, systematic self-observation of one"s own conscious experience. Breaking down the conscious experience into individual pieces. Functionalism: (william james) psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure. Consciousness is a flowing stream and dynamic, it can"t be broken to pieces.
