PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Microelectrode, Hard Wired, Genetic Drift
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Chapter 1 the evolution of psychology psychology is practical, but it is more than that it is a way of thinking. A new science is born: the contributions of wundt and hall. The battle of the schools begins: structuralism versus functionalism. Structuralism based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. Structuralists wanted to identify and examine the fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensation, feelings and images. Their work was concerned more of sensation and perception in vision, hearing, and touch. Introspection systematic self-observation of one"s own conscious experience. Functionalism based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness, rather than its structure. Natural selection heritable characteristics that provide a survival or reproductive advantage are more likely than alternative characteristics to be passed on to subsequent generations and thus come to be.
