PSYC 100 Chapter Notes -Psychoanalysis, Cognitive Revolution, Gestalt Psychology

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Rana Pishva

Document Summary

Ancient greek philosophers pursued truth through reason and logic. Concerned relationship between mind and body, ie. why people do the things they do. Belief that world can be described through rules generated by observation, quantification, and principle of parsimony (accepting simplest testable solution that accounts for all available evidence) Perception of an apple: perceived red, roundness, sweetness, but not apple. Also the science of the brain and the mental processes it computes. Based on how information is attended to and processed using senses and perceptions (therefore creating understanding) Identifies causes through systematic observation and experiment (empirical) Knowledge based on observation, not common sense. All events are governed by lawful, cause and effect relationships. Behaviour is determined by internal and external influences. Fechner (physicist) experimented with sensation and perception: explored how physical and mental worlds interact, eg. Darwin: behaviour is shaped by natural selection: survival and reproduction related to one"s ability to recognize different expressions.