PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cognitive Psychology, Classical Conditioning, Psychoanalytic Theory
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Other fields of study that has influenced psychology include philosophy and physiology. First psychology lab- test of 5 senses. Psychology comes to the u. s. a. and spread rapidly. 20 plus labs created within the next 10 years. Most of wundt"s students found their own labs. Purpose: analyze the experience of consciousness (eg. clap. Topics: sensations and perceptions; auditory tones, optical illusions, olfactory stimuli (smell) Technique: observations in the real world (what the body is interacting with) Topics: childhood development (intelligence testing)(differences between men and women) (leta stetter. 50 years after: freud- psychology"s first celebrity. Unconscious: thoughts, memories, and desires outside awareness. Psychoanalytic theory: personality stems from the unconscious. Behaviorism: focus on observable behaviors (neither conscious or unconscious) Humanism: focus on freedom and personal growth. Major work: client-centered therapy and hierarchy of needs. Maslow"s hierarchy of needs, the diagram is of a pyramid.
