PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nuremberg, Prosocial Behavior, Stroop Effect
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A brief history of psychology: Highlights from the history of psychology: A german named wilhelm wundt from the 1870s has been formally given the title of the first psychologist. He believed in explaining basic mental processes using the scientific method. He had a pendulum that swung along a metered scale, and it would ring a bell at positions a or. And he calculated the time frame that would happen. He used a method called introspection and that means he would ask people what they were perceiving. He"d show them something and ask them to explain what they see or feel. Darwin"s theory of natural selection played a significant role in the development of both functionalism and behaviorism. William james was against structuralism; rather he believed in stream of consciousness, that the mind was constantly changing. What james believed was that he was the first functionalism. Functionalism believes that the mind can be adaptive.
