PSYC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ethnocentrism, Developmental Psychology, Empiricism
26 Feb 2014
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Psychologists seek to describe, explain, and predict behaviour. Researchers must ask precise questions about issues through systematic observation to build knowledge that is dependable and right. In 16th century, psyche was the name of a topic of study about the soul, spirit, or mind as being separate from the body. Early 18th century, used more among scholars to mean the study of the mind . People have always between interested in the mysteries of the mind. A new science is born: contributions of wundt and hall: Was not recognized as an important study unto itself. German prof. wilhelm wundt wanted to make psych an independent science and profession. Psych"s first direction was study of conscious experience. G. stanley hall was a student of wundt. Contributed to rapid growth of psych in the us. Founded american psychological association (today"s biggest org. for advance of psych) Battle of the schools begins: structuralism vs. functionalism:
