WELD 174AB Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Psychopathology, Applied Psychology, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft
19 Jul 2020
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Lecture 3 birth of experimental psychology in germany. 1796 at the old royal observatory greenwich, england, a young astronomer was dismissed because their measurements differed from those of the professor by 800 milliseconds promoted others to think more about measurement and reaction time. Led to the first scientific psychology lab in 1879, with wundt as the founder: myth: created by one person; absolute success story, etc. Descartes" extension of naturalism to the whole body enabled others to explore this issue in understanding the brain, body, and how these are connected. Led to discoveries in medicine regarding the nervous system (no longer believing in spirits) Personal equations (bessel): individual differences in observation reports. Speed of nerve conduction (helmholtz): differences found in different species. Connected the two views by searching for fundamental views of the mind, and believed that the harmony between mental and physical sphere could be found in the laws being the same for each improved law.
