PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psychology 2000 Notes
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First laboratory 1879: wilhelm wundt, leipzig, germany. Wilhelm wundt: founder of psychology as discipline, focused on conscious experience and its building blocks, trained many early psychologists. What is psychology: psychology is the science of mental processes and behavior. Structuralism: sensations, feelings, and images: examine the structure of the mind and organization of basic elements of, wundt"s student titchener introspection carefully observing one"s own conscious psychological reactions. Functionalism: mental associations allow us to benefit from previous experience, william james (first american psychologist) Gestalt psychology: objects are well-organized structures, whole objects instead of separate, isolated parts, max wertheimer. As a structuralist, i see a square as (b) composed of four separate lines. As a gestalt psychologist, i see a square as a (c) a square. Behaviorism: emphasized the study of observable behavior only, john watson, b. f. skinner. 8/31/15: skinner introduced the concept of reinforcement to behaviorism.
