PSY100Y5 Midterm: Psychology midterm 1 chapters 1-4 and lectures 1-4.docx

• School: UTM
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100Y5
• Professor: Dax Urbszat

Document Summary

In greek, psyche means soul and logos means the study of. Psychology refers to the study of the mind. Wundt established that psychology was a study of consciousness. The methods of research resembled those of chemistry and physics. William harvey"s empirical demonstration that the blood was operated by the heart. Physiology and medicine also contributed to the study of psychology. Ancient greek philosophers such as socrates, plato and aristotle often speculated about how the mind works. They debated subjects such as the separation of mind and body, rationalism vs empiricism. Aristotle"s theory of memory is still relevant to us today; he proposed that memory is the result of 3 forms of association, similarity, contrast and contiguity. The impact of philosophy continued throughout the renaissance era. German professor who wanted to make psychology an independent discipline instead of a sub discipline. 1879 wundt succeeds on making the first research lab dedicated to psychology; date known as the birth of psychology.