PSCH 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychometrics, Psychology Today, Empiricism
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Blue important points: how psychology developed, psychology the scientific study of behavior and mental processes, mental processes = physiological and cognitive processes, psychology comes from two greek words. Psychology labs in america: g. stanley hall, student of wundt, important to growth of psychology in america. Established first research laboratory in america at johns hopkins. Established first american psychology research journal in 1887. Father of american psychological association and first president. Founded in 1892: structuralism vs functionalism, competing schools of psychology thought. Structuralism & functionalism: structuralism, led by edward titchener, of cornell university, structuralism - the task of psychology is to analyze. Consiousness into its basic elements and investigate how. These elements are related: wanted to examine fundamental components of conscious existence like sensations, feelings, and images, introspection the careful, systematic self-observation of one"s own conscious experience. Primary method used for study by structuralism. Functionalism: led by william james, formal training in medicine.
