PSY100Y5 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 - COMPLETE Textbook Notes
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skinner questions free will as behaviourism flourishes. 1879 first formal labratory for psychology was established by wundt at. 1881 first psychology journal established by wundt and he is widely regarded as father of psychology. www. notesolution. com: wundt declared in 1874 that psych will be modeled after chemistry and physics and would be the science of consciousness. Demanded methods used in research where scientific as possible: between 1883-1893 wundts students and students students spread psychology around north america. I n essence, psychology born in germany but grew up in america. [sensation, feelings, images, perception in vision, hearing, and touch: structuralists used introspection to examine contents of consciousnes. Introspection is systemetic self observation of ownes own conscious experience. Functionalism: william james (1842-1910) was the person behind functtionalism, functionalism based on belief that psychology should investiagte the function or purpopse of consciousness, rather than its structure. www. notesolution. com. While behaviourism allowed observations and verifiability of theories with knowledge and facts.
