PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Wilhelm Wundt, Clinical Psychology
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Psychology: scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Goals of psychology: behavior: any action, mental processes: perceptions, thoughts, and feelings. Latent construct: scientific, describe (what"s happening, explain (why is it happening, predict (will it happen again?, control (how to modify it, 2 reasons: First to attempt to bring objectivity/measurement in. Edward titchener: student of wundt who translated many of wundt"s: structuralism: study of consciousness by trying to understand works into english. its smallest, most basic elements. William james: as the brain changes are continuous, so do all these consciousness"s melt into each other like dissolving views. 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: also focused on the role of the unconscious: where unwanted urges and desires are pushed towards, psychoanalysis: therapy based on freud"s ideas. Focus on early childhood development; psychosexual stages.
