PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Optic Chiasm, Critical Role, Experimental Psychology

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Rosalinde Klempan

Document Summary

Wilhelm wundt: in 1879 established first psych lab, structuralism: focus on introspection (self-exam of mental life, father of experimental psychology. Functionalism: focus on how our mental and behavioural processes function- how they enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish (wiliam james) John b. watson: study only public events, father of behaviourism: psychology should be an objective science that studies behaviour without reference to mental processes (skinner)-nurture, the scientific study of observable behavior. Scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. Humanistic psychology: emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people and the individual"s potential for personal growth: rebelled against freudian psych and behaviourism, carl rogers & abraham maslow, additional influences: Cognitive neuroscience: interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory and language) Nature vs nurture (charles darwin-evolution vs john locke-blank slate: interactionism: heredity & environment interacting. Levels of analysis: the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon.