PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Psychoanalytic Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: C Douglas McCann, Hilda Ho, Jala Rizeq, Ronda Lo, Iris Yusupov, Rotem Petranker

Document Summary

Psyche = soul & logos refers to the study of a subject: study of the mind. 140 years ago emerged as scientific discipline. Wilhelm wundt: enormous impact on development, first formal lab for research, 1879 birth of psych, founder of psychology, subject of new science consciousness, awareness of immediate experience, scientific study of conscious experience, born in germany. The battle of the schools begins: structuralism versus functionalism. Investigated mental testing, patterns of development in children, effectiveness of educational practices & behaviour differences between the sexes. Watson alters psychology"s course as behaviourism makes its debut. Behaviour: any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism. Is behaviour determined mainly by genetic inheritance (nature) or by environment and experience (nurture) It is determined in predictable ways by lawful principles, just as the flight of an arrow is governed by the laws of physics: we are all controlled by the environment, not by ourselves, free will is an illusion.