PSY100Y5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Torsten Wiesel, Roger Wolcott Sperry, B. F. Skinner
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Psychology: science that studies behaviour and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and it is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems. Wilhelm wundt (1879): first psychological research lab at leipzig, germany: defined psychology as a study of consciousness . G. stanley hall helped psychology grow in north america: established first research lab, founder of american psychological association. Structuralism: based on theory that psychology is should be to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and see how they are related: structuralists: led by edward titchener. Functionalism: based on theory that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of the consciousness, rather than the structure: inspired by william james, functionalism paved way for behaviourism and applied psychology. Behaviourism: theory that psychology should only study observable behaviour: led by john b. watson, began to redefine psychology as a science of behaviour, importance of nurture vs. nature (environment vs. heredity)
