PSY100H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Acculturation, Phenotype, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

Edward titchener a student of wundt, believed psychologists should study consciousness, but was more interested in description of consciousness rather than the explanation. Charles darwin coined the theory of natural selection, which played a significant role in the development of functionalism and behaviourism. William james believed in stream of consciousness; first functionalist. Psychology is an empirical science: uses empirical evidence to describe how we think, feel, and behave. Nature and nurture are inextricably entwined: the two depend on each other, and their influences cannot be separated. The brain and mind are inseparable: the brain enables the mind, and the two cannot be separated. All of these change how we think about psychology. The mind is adaptive: the brain has evolved to solve survival problems and adapt to environments. We often are unaware of the multiple influences on how we think, feel, and act. Determinism the universe is orderly; can be predicted and have meaningful, systematic causes.