PSYC 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Parasympathetic Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System, Sensory Cortex

• School: Douglas College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: David Prime

Document Summary

Intro awareness, feelings). to make a map of the mind. William james: american philosopher, had large impaction psyc. Sought tot understand functions served by our mental state. first female president in 1905. Harvard refused to grant her a phd cause she a was a girl. birth of psychology as we know it today. Used objective measure (reaction time and introspection(looking inwards)) to study mental processes. Wilhelm wundt: psychologist, conducted early experiments in (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:889)(cid:891). Structuralist relied on introspection to study conscious experience and aimed to discover (cid:498)the elements of the mind. (cid:499) (ad people write reports on sensations/experiences. Using this he tried functionalist approach to studying the mind, inspired by charles darwin(cid:495)s natural. Until (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:495)s psyc was called the (cid:498)study f mental life(cid:499) (cid:523)consciousness, experience, Mary calkins: james(cid:495) student, became american psychological association (cid:523)apa(cid:524) Sigmund freud: austrian physician, founded psychoanalysis in late (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:495)s.