PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Torsten Wiesel, Roger Wolcott Sperry, American Psychological Association

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Steven Edwards

Document Summary

Psychology greek word ology branch of knowledge the science of behavior and the mind. Behavior observable actions of a human or animal. Mind thoughts feeling sensations perception memories dreams motives etc. Science an objective way to answer questions based on observations and data. Debated of issues that had relevance to psychology i e separation of the mind and body. Whether knowledge is inborn nativism) (empiricism) [ born with a brain or work hard or gained through experience. Theory of memory; memories are the result of three principles. Aristotle was a naturalist said that humans were above all followed by elephants. Returned to the idea that humans were separated from other creatures. Argued for the dualism of mind and body were separate and fundamentally different that the mind and body o o. Declared that psychology is a science modeled after chemistry and physics first laboratory for research in phycology human reaction time. The battle of the schools begins structuralism vs functionalism.