PSY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung
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Psychology: the science of behavior and mental processes. Psychanalysis: our personalities are shaped by unconscious motives; the unconscious is discoverable (you ccan use dreams, projections, and free association to root out repressed feelings and gain self-insight); evolved int the psychodynamic theories. Behaviorism: focuses on the study of observable behavior. Uses the method of introspection to identify the. Attempts to understand why animals and humans have developed the particular psychological aspects that they currently possess; the function of behavior. Focuses on the role of our unconscious thoughts, feelings, and memories and our early childhood. Based on the premise that it is not possible to objectively study the mind, and therefore that psychologists should limit their attention to the study of behavior itself. The study of how the social situations and the cultures in which people find themselves influence thinking and behavior.
