PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1 - 4: Experimental Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

A new science is born: the contributions of wundt and hall. G. stanley hall established america"s first research lab and founded the american. The battle of the schools begins: structuralism versus functionalism. Structuralism: based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. According to structuralism, the task of psychology is to investigate how elements of consciousness are related to each other. Functionalism: based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or purpose of consciousness rather than its structure. Coined the term stream of consciousness: the continuous flow of thoughts. Paved the way for behaviourism and applied psychology. Watson alters psychology"s course as behaviourism makes its debut. Behaviourism: the theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behaviour. Founded by john b. watson (1878 1958)