PSYC 1000U Chapter Notes -Perception, Sq3R, Cognitive Revolution
22 Feb 2013
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When and how did psychological science begin: to be human is to be curious about ourselves and the world around us, before 300 b. c the greek naturalist and philosopher aristotle theorized about learning and memory. Perception and personality: psychology was born on a day in december 1879. In a small third floor room at germany"s university in leipzig. Discovered that people responded in about one-tenth of a second when asked to press a key as soon as the sound occurred. Thinking about the mind"s structure: 1892 wundt"s student edward bradford titchener joined cornell university and introduced. He shared that there was one thing and one thing only in the whole universe which we know more about than we could learn from external observations. Thinking about the mind"s functions: william james thought it more fruitful to consider the evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings.
