PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Michael Gazzaniga, Wilhelm Wundt, Roger Wolcott Sperry
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Began in 1879 in germany - wilhelm wundt (ws pronounced as vs) started the first research lab. The founding event of psychology was the founding of a lab. Wundt believed that scientific psychology should focus on analyzing consciousness, a person"s subjective experience of the world and mind focused on consciousness/ structure. Back in this time, the psychologists were m. d. s who taught in universities. The study of psychology is a new concept complex; feelings and thoughts are difficult to study. The eldest person alive isn"t that much older than the founding of psych! and very. Psychology first identity : (according to wundt and partners) = scientific study of. Physiology + philosophy (in the regard of how do i see color etc) = psychology. Looking into one"s self, observing your own thinking and actions. Thinking about your actions and reflecting on your own experiences and thoughts while you are thinking/acting.
