PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -Edward B. Titchener, Abraham Maslow, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Yen

Document Summary

Module one summary: edward titchener (student of wundt who"s been dubbed founder of psychology as a science) aimed to discover the mind"s structure. He engaged people in introspection, although it was unreliable. It waned along with structuralism: william james considered functions of our thoughts and feelings. He often asked why? he assumed that thinking, like smelling. In 1960 carl rogers and abraham maslow (both humanistic psychologists) found the above too limiting. They drew attention to ways that current environmental influences can nurture or limit growth potential and having our needs for love and acceptance satisfied. Introduction to psychology: module one key points: today, we define psychology as: the science of behavior and mental processes. , nature vs. nurture: plato assumed that we inherit character and intelligence, and certain ideas are inborn. Aristotle countered that nothing in the mind does not come from the external world through the senses.