PSYC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Francis Sumner, Max Wertheimer
23 Jan 2017
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Psychology: the scientific study of thought and behavior. Science that seeks to understand behavior and mental processes, and to apply that understanding in the service of human welfare. Goals: describe behavior (cid:449)hat"s happe(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, explain why things are happening, predict behavior when it will happen in the future, factors, etc, control behavior. Wilhelm wundt opened the first psyc lab in germany, was a structuralist (structures of conscience experiences) Focus elements of the mind what is the mind made up of. Method introspection - identify qualities of a particular object. Mary calkins (1890) trained at harvard, established lab at wellesley college, established paired-associates technique of memory, 1st female president of the. Method hypnosis, free association (first thing that pops to mind clues) , dream. Gestalt examine what happens when systems break down. Key people max wertheimer (1910) look at global whole to make sense of humans. Focus whole is greater than the sum of its parts; learning.
