PSY 0010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Psychoanalytic Theory, Survey Data Collection
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Functionalism: study how mental abilities allow people to adapt to their environments. William james (1842- 1910): first person to take scientific approach to study psychology. Adaptability and intelligence, how and why our mental processes function. Women differ in ability and personality compared to men, men were smarter than women. Thought that mental processes need to have a function (why we think the way we do, He wanted to understand how the mind operated, and interested in individual differences. Was trying to show that men have evolved more than women through adaptation. He was very biased and got credit for being a founder of psychology because he asked and act the way we do) scientific questions about the mind laboratory. Structuralism: analyze the mind by breaking it down into its basic components. Wilhelm wundt (1832-1920): father of psychology who opened the first psychological. Consciousness: a person"s subjective experience of the world and the mind.
