PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward Thorndike, Wilhelm Wundt, Psycholinguistics
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The study of the way people think, the brain, human behavior ect. *william james: psychology is the science of mental life, both of phenomena & their conditions. * edward thorndike: the science of mental facts of mind . * john watson: human activity and conduct, systematic observation and experimentation. Important: there are no laws that de ne human behavior. The scienti c study of the mind, bran and behavior not just human. Thinking principles: rule out rival hypothesis, correlation v causation, falsi ability, replicability, extraordinary claims, occam"s razor. Major subfields: research neuropsychologists, developmental health psychologists, quantitative psycholinguistics, practice clinical psychologists. *wanted to test vision, taste, touch, emotion ect. Role of psychologist: analyze consciousness into basic elements, investigate relationship between elements. Stimuli must be manipulated, cannot use common words to describe, repeat observation several times. Evaluate function / purpose of consciousness rather than structure. Need to understand how conscious helps people to adapt.
