Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Wundt, Evolutionary Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Nick Skinner

Document Summary

Psychology can be defined as the discipline concerned with behaviour and mental processes and how they are affect by an organism s physical state, mental state and external environment. Psychology wasn t even a formal discipline until the 1800s. However, philosophers throughout history have been raising questions about psychology, or would be considered psychology by today standards. In the 17th century, john locke, an english philosopher argued that the mind works by associating ideas arising from experience, and this notion continues to influence many psychologists today. The first official psychological lab was established in 1879 by wilhelm wundt who studied in philosophy and wrote many volumes on psychology, physiology, natural, history, ethics and logic. He was the first person to announce in 1873 that he intended to make psychology a science and his lab was the first to have results published in a scholarly journal.