PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Unconscious Mind, Behaviorism, Psychoanalysis

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

Document Summary

The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. Utilizes the scientific method: method: systematic observations, values: rigor, objectivity, open-mindedness. Wilhelm wundt: first psychology laboratory, university of leipzig, germany, december 1879. Tested sensory perception (visual, auditory, tactile: experiments included: How different do two lights have to be before one can tell which is brighter? . Interested in the composition of conscious, mental experiences and processes: used reaction time experiments: (i. e. speed of the simplest mental processes, e. g, used reaction time experiments: (i. e. speed of the simplest mental processes, e. g. recognition) Edward bradford titchener: student of wundt, brought psychological science to north america, coined the term structuralism - the school of thought. Structuralism- focuses on the basic structural elements of conscious, mental experiences. Observation and reporting of one"s mental experiences. Not reliable: different people reported different experiences. Emphasizes that people"s experiences are holistic or unified: gestalt = whole, form, or pattern.