PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes -Synaptic Vesicle, Postcentral Gyrus, Occipital Lobe

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Jennifer Steele

Document Summary

Chapter 1: evolution of psychology: philosophy, physiology, psychology, socrates, aristotle, and plato considered and debated issues of relevance to psychology. Memory, perception, dreaming and emotions were properties of bodies. One of his most important legacies to psychology: fact that humans are part of nature, william harvey showed empirical demonstration in 1687. Blood circulation was a function of the heart: more scientists showed important insights can be gained by empirical methods, new science is born: contribution of wundt and hall, wilhelm wundt ( german professor) Campaigned to make psychology independent discipline rather than a step child of philosophy/ physiology. Intellectual climate around at the time favoured wundt"s approach. In 1867 he established the first formal lab for psych research at the university of leipzig: regarded as the date of birth of psychology. Declared psychology should be modelled after fields such as physics/chemistry. Awareness of immediate experience : scientific study of consciousness experience.