U09 Psych 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neural Oscillation, Edward B. Titchener, Mental Process

• School: WUSTL
• Department: Psychology
• Course: U09 Psych 100
• Professor: Rice Heather, Duchek, Carpenter

Document Summary

Ancient times scholars believed mind was separate from and in control of body. Da vinci dissected brain and drew it and believed that all sensory messages arrived to one location of brain- Idea that the mind and body are separate yet intertwined. Rational mind was divine and separate from body. Early psychologists increasingly studied mental activity through careful scientific observation. Used to assess how quickly people can respond to events. Timed each task->how much time a particular mental eventi took to occur. Systematic examination of subjective mental experiences that requires people to inspect and report on content of thoughts. Used methods to pioneer school of thought. School based on idea that conscious experience can be broken down into basic underlying components. Break down one complex thing into many smaller simple things to understand overall idea. Should examine functions served by mind and how it works. Mind came into existence over course of human evolution.