PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Little Albert Experiment, Physiological Psychology, Operant Conditioning
10 Dec 2017
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Psychology- the study of behavior and mental processes. Psychiatry: the study of the medical treatment of psychological disorders. Both plato and aristotle speculated on psychological questions without testing without testing their explanations. Rene descartes thought the soul was separate from the body, and was not subject to physical laws. Structuralism: an approach to studying psychology in which introspection is used to determine the basic elements of human thought. Edward titchener was the founder of structuralism who opened the first psychology lab in. Structuralism attempted to specify how psychological processes occurred using only introspection: introspection does not replicate across individuals, many psychological processes are not open to introspection because they are not conscious. Functionalism: an approach to studying psychology that tries to understand the mind by determining its purpose. William james was a psychologist at harvard who founded functionalism. James wrote an influential book called the principles of psychology. The functionalists were heavily influenced by darwin"s theory of evolution.
