Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Job Satisfaction, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Erica Lawson

Document Summary

Boring once observed that psychology has a long past, but a short history. The long past indicates that psychology has roots extending back to the ancient greek philosophers. But the study of psychology as a distinct discipline only began in 1879 when. Wundt (pronounced vunt ) established the first psychological laboratory in leipzig, germany. Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and the mind. The term behaviour refers to actions and responses that we can directly observe. The term mind refers to internal states and processes: i. e. thoughts & feelings that cannot be seen directly and that must be inferred from observable & measurable responses, ex. love or admiration for someone else. Clinical psychology - the study and treatment of mental disorders. Cognitive psychology - the study of mental processes, especially from a model that views the mind as an information processor. Biopsychology - a subfield of psychology that focuses on the biological underpinnings of behaviour.