PS101 Chapter : PS101 Chpt. 1.docx
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Psychology"s intellectual parents were the disciplines of philosophy and physiology. Wundt made a campaign to make psychology an independent discipline instead of something that came from philosophy and physiology. 1879 he succeeded in establishing the first formal laboratory for research in psychology at university of leipzig. Is characterized as the founder of psychology. Said psychology"s primary focus was consciousness- the awareness of immediate experience, thus psychology became the scientific study of conscious experience. Hall established america"s first research laboratory in psychology at john hopkins. 1892 driving force in establishing the american psychological association (apa), today is the world"s largest organization devoted to advancement of psychology. Structuralism: based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related (edward titchener) Wanted to identify + examine the fundamental components of conscious experience i. e. sensations, feelings and images. Looked at sensation and perception in vision hearing and touch.
