PSY 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Somatic Nervous System, Myelin, Peripheral Nervous System

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Mental processes: thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, motivations, dreams, subjective experience. Wilhelm wundt established the first psychology research lab at the university of leipzig (1879). Edward titchener (structuralism), a student of wundt, aimed to discover the minds structure through introspection. Asked people to describe immediate sensations, images, feelings. Results may vary from person to person. William james and charles darwin (functionalism), focuses on how behaviors function to allow people and animals to adapt to their environment. B. f. skinner & john watson (behaviorism), psychology redefined as the scientific study of observable behavior, as on objective science. Sigmund freud (psychoanalytic theory), unconscious mental processes shape feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Carl rogers & abraham maslow (humanistic psychology), emphasis on self-determination, free will, and the importance of choice. Cognitive neuroscience combines cognitive psychology (study of the mind) and neuroscience (study of the brain).