PSY 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Opioid, Interference Theory, Hallucinogen

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Kenneth Campbell

Document Summary

Prologue- the story of psychology/thinking critically with psych science ( ch. 1 pp 1-51) The subject of changes are the areas changes William james defined psyche as the science of mental life (internal) John b watson defined is as the science of behaviour (external) Now it is considered both mental and behavioural. People have been interested in psych since humans developed consciousness. Psych has a long past but a short history . Humans have the ability to understand time god and mathematics they wondered if there was a place in the brain that which these abilities came from. Functionalism developed by james he concentrated on why we actually have consciousness which came from the darwinian theory we can learn from experience. B/c we know it is as long as it has the quality of a cup: it is a form of therapy. Behaviouralism (1920)skinner, pavlov, watson are all believers in the learning theory.