PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, Top, Wilhelm Wundt
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De nition of psychology is the scienti c study of behavior and mental processes: behavior- any action, mental processes- perceptions, thoughts, and feelings. Father of psychology : two reasons, first attempt to bring objectivity/measurement in psychology, founded the rst experimental psych lab. Student of wundt: translated many of wundt"s works into english, structuralism, study of consciousness by trying to understand the smalls, most basic elements, introspect of thoughts as well as physical objects. Though the brains changes are continuous, the consciousness melts into each other like dissolving views. The attempt at introspective analysis in these cases is in fact like seizing a spinning top to catch its motion . Thursday, august 25, 2016: functionalism, study of the function of consciousness. How the mind allows people to work, play , and adapt to new circumstances The whole world is greater than the sum of its parts .
