PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Franz Joseph Gall, Hermann Von Helmholtz, Paul Broca

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Luke Clark

Document Summary

To explore the early roots of psychology in philosophy and physiology. Some classic hot potato": nature vs nurture and the mind-body problem. Main schools of thought" in emergence of modern psychology: structuralism vs functionalism, behaviourism: the path to a science of mind. Psychology is the scienti c study of mind and behaviour. (greek:soul+study of) Mind is the private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories and feelings (ever- Observable nations of human being and nonhuman animals. Cognitive psychology: study of cognitive (mental) processes, products. Biological psychology: study of the biology that gives rise to cognition and behaviour. Form follows function: if we want to understand how something works, we need to know what it is working for. Ex) to know about the engine or thermometer, we need to know about powering vehicles or measuring temperature. Thinking is for doing then the function of mind is to help us do those things that sophisticated animals have to do in order to prosper.