PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Max Wertheimer, Dream Interpretation, Little Albert Experiment
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Time management: calendar + planner + to do list. When reading, look @ objectives and ch headings. Lectures: don"t take too little notes but don"t write down everything. Psychology- scientific study of behavior(any action) and mental processes(perceptions, thoughts, feelings; latent constructs) Wilheim wundt the father of psychology : first attempt to bring objectivity/measurement in psychology, founded 1st experiment psych lab. Edward titchener- translated wundt"s works to english: structuralism- study consciousness by trying to understand smallest most basic elements, introspection of thoughts as well as physical objects. William james- functionalism-study function of consciousness- how mind allows ppl to work, play, adapt to new circumstances. Max wertheimer: gestalt psychology: how we experience the world, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts . Sigmund freud: worked with patients whose complaints had no identifiable physical cause, focused on the role of unconscious, psychoanalysis-therapy based on freud"s ideas, focus on early childhood development, dream interpretation.
