PSYC 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter Prologue & Appendix: Mary Whiton Calkins, Margaret Floy Washburn, Hermann Von Helmholtz

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100A
• Professor: Martin Sherer Smith

Document Summary

Prologue & appendix b - the story & sub elds of psychology. Aristotle - gave history"s rst full integrated & systematic account of psych. Hermann von helmholtz - developed methods to measure the speed of nerve impulses using stimulus & reaction time. Wilhelm wundt - established rst psychology research lab 1879 in germany: used scienti c methods to study psychological processes, seeking to measure atoms of the brain . Margaret floy washburn - became the rst female ph d psychologist & wrote the animal mind. Freudian psychology: emphasized the ways our unconscious thought processes & emotional response to childhood experiences affect our behaviour: the unconscious: part of the mind that operates outside of conscious awareness, unconscious con icts determine behaviour & personality. Humanistic psychology: emphasized human growth potential & the importance of having our needs for love & acceptance satis ed: emphasized self-determination, free-will & the importance of choice, promoted by rogers & maslow.