PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Experimental Psychology
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Wilhelm wundt is given the honour of formally founding experimental psychology. There is a tiny delay in the perception of the thought meter (can"t listen and look at the pendulum where it struck the bell at the same time) Edward titchener was a student of wundt"s who also believed psychologists should study consciousness by describing it. Darwin"s theory of psychology- led into the development of functionalism and behaviourism. Functionalists- wanted to understand the function of the mind, both mental processes and behaviour are worth to study. Science depends on how one studies a subject, not on the subject itself: determinism: the universe is orderly- all events have meaningful, systematic causes. Research designs and data collection techniques in psychology. Observers do not change or alter ongoing behaviour. Correlational studies tell us about relationships between variables. Directionality problem (is variable a causing change in variable b, or is variable b causing change in variable a)
