CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mary Whiton Calkins, Edward B. Titchener, Internal Monologue

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Ben Wormwood

Document Summary

Song of day: even a dog can shake hands -warren zevon. Created list of 44,000+ conscious experiences very difficult to prove too subjective. Study of mental processes which enable people to adapt to environment. Alfred russell wallace + charles darwin both studying environment places natural pressure on species to evolve and adapt survival of the fittest. Physiological systems can help an organism adapt to their environment, but overactive systems can harm them (overactive vs. working immune system, for example) Techniques: character point of view and internal monologue (thought) Early work in psychology, studied developmental psychology. 1st american woman to complete requirements to get phd in psych but university didn"t grant her degree b/c she was a woman. Concerned about nature of perception but with structuralist approach. How do you perceive things as a whole because you don"t perceive things in parts.