PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mary Whiton Calkins, James Read, Edward B. Titchener
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Mini writing 1 (first + last name, section # (006) mini writing number (1) Can be written in bullet points or as paragraph. Must be at least half a page long. Definition of psychology: science of behavior and mental processes. Psychology is a science because things have to be proven. Psychologists care about why people are doing things based on a number of things (genes, religion, culture, nationality etc) There are a lot of different answers and a bit of debate, but in the grand scheme of things, it started with ancient greek philosophers (aristotle) Aristotle wondered and theorized about many different concepts. Most of it was just speculation and thought since nothing was ever tested or. It was very focused on dreams, motivation, and why people did things proven. First to actually have a lab and test things. Defined psychology as a study of consciousness.
