PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, Psychoanalysis, Clinical Psychology

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Kenneth Campbell

Document Summary

Structuralism: developed by edward titchener in the u. s. Basic structures of the mind (analogous to the basic elements in chemistry) The participant had to look inward (self-reflect or introspect) on the contents of their consciousness. This proved to be very unreliable and highly subjective. Debate over whether the mind is physical or non-physical. James developed a number of theories about consciousness, attention, memory. Again, the study of functions proved to be highly subjective. Sigmand freud is generally considered to be the founder of psychotherapy but freud was not a psychologist. Major roots of clinical psychology and therapy are recent perhaps in the late 1940s in the u. s. 1st clinical psychology program in canada was uottawa. Note: we will be seeing very little of clinical and applied in this course. An exceedingly elegant means to test various cognitive functions. Must be inferred on the basis of performance. Fell into disrepute because it was thought to be unscientific (by the behaviourists)