PSYA01H3 Chapter 01: The Birth and Early Years.docx
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Loved to paint and draw but worried for his talent to be a serious artist. Decided to go to medical school for the best of his family. Had no motivation or interest for medicine lack of enthusiasm to learn. Wrote the book the principles of psychology in 1890. Disagreed with wundt that consciousness could be broken down into separate elements. Spoke five languages so travelled to many places in europe. Started to talk to people and discovered a new science: psychology. Psychology: psyche = soul and logos = to study . Finish his medical degree but became a professor at harvard university. Functionalism: study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment (set out to understand the functions those mental processes served) Applied darwin"s theory of natural selection to the study of the mind. Certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn (already existed with the newborn)
