PSY 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Psychoanalysis, Mental Process

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Dr. Shannon C. Houck

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1. 1 early history: scientific study of human and animal behavior and mental process, two greek words, psyche-soul logos-study of a subject, discipline of philosophy and physiology (combination of body and mind) Early history: wundt: the founder of psycho. 1879: "date of birth: establish the 1st formal laboratory for research of psychology in. 1881: 1st journal: stanley hall: brought psychology to america, freud: psychoanalysis theory. Unconscious: thoughts, memories, desires, explain personality motivation mental disorders. People are not in control of their minds. Behavior is influenced by how people cope with sexual urges. Introspection/self observation its basic elements and (requires training to make a investigate how there subject) elements are related. A continuous flow of purpose of consciousness, thoughts=stream of not its structure. consciousness. True&false: memorization is different from language, difficult for people to change their thoughts but they can follow the social behavior, animals have much more complicated life, people prefer others that are similar (match us)