PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Psychophysics, Retina, Gestalt Psychology
30 Jan 2014
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Aristotle: first to make link/formally think about relationship between body and psyche. Lab in 1879, made pscy. a science by adding observations/experiments. Titchner: tried to make scientific but too subjective; formed structuralism (structure of the mind) William james: formed school of thought called functionalism (function of the mind) Behaviourism: o subjective, showed phobias can be learned o consequences of behaviour influence future behaviour. Sigmund freud: most drives are aggressive/sexual in nature, role of the unconscious. Humanists disagreed, abraham maslow and carl rogers: focused on freedom, choice, self: f. skinner: agreed with watson, general laws of learning can be applied to anyone; John b. watson: can"t study the mind because we can"t get into others" minds, too. Sociocultural: how behaviour and thinking varies across cultures and situations. Behavioural: how genes and environment influence our individual differences. Neuroscience: how the brain and body enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences. Psychodynamic: think freud, how behaviour results from unconscious drives and forces.
