PSY100Y5 Final: PsychologyNotes Exam
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Psyche-soul logos- study: the study of the mind. Intellectual parents of psychology are the disciplines of philosophy and physiology. Wilhelm wundt- german professor (1832) distinguished psychology as a independent discipline and not a stepladder of philosophy and physiology. Thus wilhelm wundt is known as the founder of psychology. 1879 first university in research of psychology in leipzig. Hence historians have stated that 1879 is the year of birth for psychology. Primary focus of psychology was consciousness- the awareness of immediate experience. Between 1883 and 1893 about 24 new psychological laboratories were discovered by wilhelm"s students. G stanley hall (1846-1924) studied with wilhelm and important to the contribution of psychology in. Hall established america"s first research laboratory in psychology at johns hopking university in 1883. Worlds largest organization with over 155, 000 members. Battle of the schools begins: structuralism versus functionalism. First two major schools of thought were structuralism and functionalism entangled in psychology"s first great intellectual battle.
