PSY 1101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Wilhelm Wundt, Unconscious Mind, Humanistic Psychology

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Gary Capstick

Document Summary

300 b. c. e the greek naturalist and philosopher aristotle theorized about learning and memory, motivation and emotion, perception and personality. In december 1879 at germany"s university of leipzig, wilhelm wundt, create an experimental apparatus. Structuralism: early school of thought promoted by wundt and titchener; used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind. Functionalism: early school of thought promoted by james and influenced by darwin. Explored how mental and behavioral processes function. - how they enable the organism to adapt, survive, and flourish. Functionalism enables us to consider our past, adjust our present and plan our future. Behaviour- behaviours that can be seen or observed from the outside. Mental behaviours such as thinking, mental processes. Mental processes are things that your brain is doing to accomplish tasks. Science takes reason and throws in observations. You do not just theorize and hypothesize but you test your theories.