PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Roger Wolcott Sperry, Carl Jung, Noam Chomsky
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Psychology: derived from greek words psyche meaning soul and logos meaning study of an object. Intellectual parents were 19th century philosophy and physiology. Wilhelm wundt (german: father of psychology, started first journal and laboratory for psychology research, stanley hall (american, first president of american psychological association, studied with wundt. William james: tried to understand the flow of consciousness, started functionalism, principles of psychology most influential text in psychology history. Give me a dozen healthy infantsand i can turn them into whatever . Sigmund freud: coined the unconsciousness thoughts, memories, desires, well below the surface of conscious awareness but nonetheless exerts great influence on behaviour. People are not masters of their own minds : freudian slips blurting out words, thought that behaviour was greatly influenced by how people cope with sexual urges. B. f. skinner: radical behaviour people more likely to respond to positive outcomes than neutral or negative outcomes (conditioned reflexes) www. notesolution. com, wrote beyond freedom and dignity (1971)