PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Behavioral Neuroscience, Edward B. Titchener

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Ennis Richard

Document Summary

Psychology = study of the behaviour and the mind. Behaviour = actions and responses mind = internal states and processes, such as thoughts and feelings. It is a systematic gathering and evaluating of empirical evidence. Subfields: biopsychology, developmental, experimental, industrial-organizational, personality, social etc. 4 central goals of psychology: describe how people and animals behave, explain and understand causes of these behaviours, predict behaviours under certain conditions. Influence/control behaviours through knowledge and control of its causes to enhance human welfare. Psychology can be made up of different perspectives. Wilhelm wundt -> first psychology lab with titchener -> founded the structuralism approach: mind -> studied by breaking it into basic components, used (cid:862)i(cid:374)trospe(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863) to stud(cid:455) se(cid:374)satio(cid:374)s, gave way to functionalism (functions of consciousness) (cid:862)des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e i(cid:374)(cid:374)er e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:863) The functionalism perspective: our hands -> (cid:862)wh(cid:455) do (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e ha(cid:374)ds(cid:863, ask similar questions about mental processes and behaviours.