PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1,3: Heredity, Classical Conditioning, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: U of M
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 111
• Professor: Elizabeth Buvinger

Document Summary

Psychology - science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it. William wundt - founder of psychology , viewed it as the study of consciousness and created. Freud - invented psychoanalysis, which emphasized the unconscious determinants of behavior and the importance of sexuality. Watson - believed psychology should study only observable behavior, argued only nurture has effect in someone. Skinner - discovered organisms tend to repeat responses to positive consequences and not those of negativefree will is an illusion. Humanism - emphasized unique qualities of human behavior and humans" freedom and potential for personal growth. Structuralists - believed psychology should use self observation to analyze consciousness into its basic elements. Functionalists - believed psychology should focus on the purpose and adaptive functions of consciousness. 4 goals of psychology: describe how people and animals behave, understand and explain the causes of behavior, predict behaviors/reactions across situations, control behavior through understanding its causes and consequences.