PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Roger Wolcott Sperry, Jean Piaget, Unconscious Mind
PSYCH100 - FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY
Wk. 2 - Origins of Psych
Meaning from Greek : psych meaning soul and logos meaing the study of
So soul/mind/spirit
Influences include:
Aristotle, Socrates, Plato – c. 320BC
St Augustine – 426
1264 - St Thomas Aquinas
1605 – Sir Francis Bacon
1649 – Rene Descartes
Thomas Hobbes
John locke
George Berkley
Charles Darwin
Sir Francis Galton
These people made major contributions to how we think about the mind, in relation to
the body, soul and our place in the world.
First Psychologist
Wilhelm Wundt
Born 1832 – died 1920
Was trained as a physiologist
1879 established first dedicated psychology lab in Germany
1881 est. first psychology journal
founder of psychology
G. (Granville) Stanley Hall
Born 1844 – died 1924
Worked briefly with Wundt at Leipzig
1883 established first dedicated psychology laboratory in the U.S.
1887 established first dedicated psychology journal in the U.S.
1892 established the American Psychological Association and was elected its
first president
William James
Born 1842 – died 1910
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1875 established (one of) the first laboratories of experimental psychology in
the U.S.
Principles of Psychology (1890)
– Effectively first text book in psychology
1st Harvard course on psychology
1894 and 1904 was elected president of the American Psychological
Association
Structuralism vs Functionalism
Structuralism
Interested in the structure of the consciousness
Break down consciousness into its basic componemetns
Sensations, thoughts, feelings, ideads, images etc.
Studied through introspection
Edward Titchner
Functionalism
Interested in the Function of the consciousness
Understanding how consciousness is used
Studied through how people adapt
Mental testing
Developmental changes
Gender differences
Henry James
Psychoanalytic
Focussed on the unconscious as an explanation
Unconscious is a driving force, but blocked from conscious awareness
It is accesses through dreams, slips of tongue and hypnosis and other methods.
Carl Jung
Alfred Adler
Sigmund Freud
Born 1856 – died 1939
Physician
Introduced the unconscious as a force (and explanation) for behaviours and
disorder
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Document Summary
Meaning from greek : psych meaning soul and logos meaing the study of. These people made major contributions to how we think about the mind, in relation to the body, soul and our place in the world. 1879 established first dedicated psychology lab in germany. Founder of psychology: (granville) stanley hall. 1883 established first dedicated psychology laboratory in the u. s. 1887 established first dedicated psychology journal in the u. s. 1892 established the american psychological association and was elected its first president. 1875 established (one of) the first laboratories of experimental psychology in the u. s. 1894 and 1904 was elected president of the american psychological. Interested in the structure of the consciousness. Break down consciousness into its basic componemetns. Interested in the function of the consciousness. Focussed on the unconscious as an explanation. Unconscious is a driving force, but blocked from conscious awareness. It is accesses through dreams, slips of tongue and hypnosis and other methods.
