PSYC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hermann Von Helmholtz, Paul Broca, Tabula Rasa

• School: Douglas College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Roger Tweed

Document Summary

Involved breaking down consciousness i nto elemental sensations and feelings: attempted to measure consciousness. Introspection: the subjective observation of one"s own experience: edward titchener, studied under wundt; focused on identifying basic elements of the mind. Introspection: difficult method to experiment/control: thinking about what you"re thinking about, william james. A scientific approach to study psychology; wrote the principles of psychology: functionalism: the study of how mental processes enable people to adapt to new environments. Set out to understand the functions those mental processes served: charles darwin. Inspired james: natural selection: the features of an organism that help it survive and reproduce are more likely than other features to be passed on to subsequent generations. Stanley hall: set up first psychological laboratory in north america; focused on development and education. Founded the american journal of psychology: believed children retrace the evolutionary history of our species. Jean-martin charcot and pierre janet: french physicians.