PSYC85H3 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Notes
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Introduction: william james (1842-1910, published the principles of psychology, wanted to remove unwarranted assumptions and simplify. Habit: people are used to habits, come from adapting, habits depend on plasticity, plasticity: ability to alter behaviour as situation changes, habits make us more efficient, had advice too, encouraged forming good habits to automate things. The consciousness of self: self has 2 parts: i and me, i knows things including oneself (other things) pure ego: me what i know about myself. empirical self: material self, social self, spiritual self. The material self: material self: things you call yours, e. g. body. The social self: social self: self with other people www. notesolution. com, we present different sides of ourselves to different people. The spiritual self: spiritual self: inner being, our conscious experiences. The pure ego: said pure ego can"t be part of scientific psychology based on empiricism, can"t observe ego, wasn"t sure if we can say there is a self outside of experience.
