PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Blic, Kurt Lewin, Past & Present (Journal)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Allan Matadeen

Document Summary

Psychology: greek psyche (soul) logos (to study): the scientific study of mind & behaviour. An attempt to use scientific method to address fundamental questions about mind & behavior. Mind: the private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts memories & feelings, cognitions, perception, interpretation. There are differences b/w the brain physical mind philosophers/subjective cognition key skills, ability to choose how much attention we pay (full/undivided/selective attention). Behavior: the observable action of human beings & nonhuman animals. Psychology"s roots: the path to a science of mind. Philosophy (cid:0)psychology: behaviour is observable which we can measure which we can call science. Important to test these theories b/c it"s the cornerstone of scientific method. Transition into science is hard b/c such a large field & isn"t accepted as real science compared to biology, chemistry etc. Yes, in western medicine, doctor for body separate from therapist for mind. Plato: believed that things are innate (cid:0) nativism: ex.