PSY 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Illusory Correlation, Wilhelm Wundt, Statistical Significance

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: A L L

Document Summary

Atoms of the mind : wundt: structuralism: titchner. Down to earth emotions, memories, willpower, habits, and moment to moment streams of consciousness. *consciousness serves a function: mary calkins & margaret floy, sigmund freud: controversial ideas of this famed personality theorist and therapist influencing humanities" self understanding. 1920"s : the science of mental life : behaviourism: watson & skinner. The scientific study of observable behaviour : humanistic psychology, cognitive psychology, psychology, nature vs. nurture, natural selection, levels of analysis, biopsychosocial approach, basic research, applied research, counselling psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, sq3r: survey, question, read, rehearse, review. How body and brain enable emotions, memories, sensory experiences. How the natural selection of traits promoted the survival of genes. How much of our genes and our environment influence our individual differences. How behaviour springs from unconscious drives and conflicts. What is the most effective way to alter our behaviour, say, to lose weight. How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information.