PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Margaret Floy Washburn, Mary Whiton Calkins, Developmental Psychology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Philosopher aristotle theorized about learning and memory, motivation and emotion, perception, and personality. Wilhelm wundt created experimental apparatus to measure atoms of the mind concluding that to be aware of one"s awareness takes a little longer. Wundt"s student edward bradford titchener aimed to discover the mind"s structure. Engaged people in self-reflective introspection- proved somewhat unreliable. William james considered the evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings. Assumed that thinking developed because it was adaptive. Mary whiton calkins was a memory researcher and first president in the american psychological association but was denied her phd because she was a women. Margaret floy washburn first female psychology phd but could not join all-male organization of experimental psychologists founded by titchener. Wundt and titchener focused on inner sensations, images, and feelings. James engaged in introspective examination of the stream of consciousness and emotion. Psychology defined as the science of mental life .