PSY 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Empiricism, Mirror Neuron, Reuptake
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Psychology: two greek words psyche : soul and logos : study of a subject. 1879: wundt established first formal lab at university of leipzig. Declared new psychology modeled after fields physics +chemistry. Edward titchener, based on the notion that the task of psychology is to: structuralism: analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. Sensation, feelings, images : functionalism: function/purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure. William james, based on belief that psychology should investigate the: william james, principles of psychology -standard reading for generations of psychology, most influential text in the history of psychology. Careful, systematic self-observation of one"s own conscious experience: natural selection: advantage are more likely than alternative characteristics to be passed on to subsequent generations and thus come to be selected over time. Heritable characteristics that provide a survival/reproductive: stream of consciousness:
