[PSY 205] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (57 pages long!)

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Shannon Houck

Document Summary

Psychology - the study of the mind: psyche = the soul, logos = study of a subject. Established first formal laboratory for research in psychology at the university of. Established first journal devoted to publishing research on psychology: known as the true founder of psychology, declared psychology should be a science of consciousness - the awareness of immediate experience. Became the scientific study of conscious experience: from 1883-1893, 23 new psychological research labs were founded by many of wundt"s students in north america. Structuralism: edward titchener, based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. Structuralists wanted to identify the fundamental components of conscious experience. Sensations, feelings, and images: most of their work concerned sensation and perception. The careful, systematic self-observation of one"s own conscious experience. Required training by the subject to be more objective and aware.