PSY 200 Lecture 1: PSY200_Chapter_1
23 Mar 2022
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Chapter 1: what is psychology: psychology: the scienti c study of behavioral and mental processes, scienti c - systematic method, behavioral - how people act, mental processes - what"s in your mind such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. *what you tell yourself is why you behave like you do* That is because it is: question and test other peoples facts , this is what motivates us. Do not just believe what you read or hear* Biology - physiology: wilhelm wundt (1832-1920, 1879 he had the rst psychology lab, studied the structures of the mind. *introspection - looking within yourself: structuralism, william james (1842-1910, daddy of psychology (or father, how humans interact with the world, functionalism, stream of consciousness, charles darwin. Survival of the ttest : evolution, believed in natural selection, competition for resources ii. Nervous system: structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry. *the brain is all the physical basis of all thoughts and emotions*
