PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud, Confirmation Bias

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: James Farley

Document Summary

Some common errors of judgment (both w/n and outside of a scientific approach) include: Tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one"s existing beliefs/ theories. Involves taking an active role in evaluating the info you are presented with. (cid:373)i(cid:374)d (cid:374)ot su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t to physi(cid:272)al la(cid:449)s (cid:894)spiritual . (cid:374)ot a(cid:373)e(cid:374)a(cid:271)le to s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) study(cid:895) Mind = product of physical events (ie nts, etc) and as such can be studied like the rest of the natural world. Established first psychology lab in leipzig, germany (1879) Might reference a clue ie 19th century scientist did etc etc (who is he?) Lots of psychological concepts exchanged b/w na and europe. Main source of their data = introspection and subjective opinion of subjects. Ie how mental/behavioural processes help us adapt, survive, etc. Concerned with fxn and purpose of thought, rather than structure. Behaviour is what really matters (and, importantly, what can be studied objectively)