[PSYC 1000] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 114 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Lisa Giguere

Document Summary

It uses a scientific approach to look at mental processes and behaviour. Psychology aspires to look at things scientifically. Research is me-search because we are trying to understand our own species. William james began this nasty little subject : it is very difficult to study and there is almost never a simple answer. Aristotle (4th century bce) asked questions in order to understand the relationship between the body and the psyche: he tried to find connections to the body and bodily manifestations. Wilhelm wundt (1832-1920) added two important elements which made psychology a science: carefully measured observations, experiments. Wanted to get at the causes of human behaviour. William james wrote the principles of psychology : this went against the structuralism focus on introspection and search for the smallest elements, he developed functionalism, which focuses of the outcome of mental processes and behaviour.