PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: American Psychological Association, Table Tennis, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: UTM
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100Y5
• Professor: Dax Urbszat

Document Summary

Psychology psyche (soul) and logos (refers to study of a subject) Meaning: the study of the mind: a new science is born: the contributions of wundt and hall. Wundt mounted a campaign to make psychology an independent discipline rather than a stepchild of philosophy and physiology. 1879: wundt established the first formal laboratory for research in psychology; referred to as psychology"s date of birth . 1881: wundt established first journal devoted to publishing research on psychology. He declared the new psychology should be a science modelled after fields such as physics and chemistry using scientific methods. Today, he"s considered as founder of psychology primary focus on conscious experience (mind and mental process) New psychological research labs quickly sprang in us. 1892: he established american psychological association (apa) as president. (today, one of world"s largest organization devoted to the advancement of psychology: the battle of the schools begins: structuralism vs. functionalism.