PSYC 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Margaret Floy Washburn, Mary Whiton Calkins, Edward B. Titchener

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Simon Lolliot

Document Summary

Birth of psych occurred december 1879 in german uni. Wilhem wundt, measuring ball drop and reaction. Edward bradford titchener used introspection to study structuralism. How mental and behavioural processes function (adapt,survive and ourish) Sought to assemble the mind"s structure from simple elements. You can"t observe a sensation,a feeling or a thought, but you can record their behaviour as they respond to it. Emphasis on the ways our unconscious thought processes and our emotional responses to childhood affect our behavior. Coined psych as the scienti c study of behavior. Rejected introspection and studied how consequences could shape behavior. Controversial ideas of this famed theorist have in uenced humanity"s self-understanding. Human psychology- led by carl rogers and abraham maslow. Explores the way we perceive ,process and remember information. Study of brain activity linked with cognition (perception,thinking,memory and language. The science of behaviour and mental processes. Longstanding controversy over how our genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviours.