PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biopsychosocial Model, Mental Disorder, Shooting Of Amadou Diallo
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Wilhelm wundt: psychology as the scientific study of conscious experience. Wilhelm wundt is given the honor of formally founding experimental psychology. Edward titchener was a student of wundt"s who believed psychologist should study consciousness (the sum total of mental experience at any given moment), unlike wundt, he was more interested in describing conscious experience than explaining it (structuralism) Charles darwin"s theory of natural selection played a significant role in the development of both functionalism and behaviorism. William james & functionalism: wanted to understand the function of the mind rather than provide a static description of its contents. Accepted both mental processes and behavior as legitimate subject matter foe psychology. Believed consciousness was personal, continuous, constantly changing, functional, and could not be divided up for analysis. Behaviourism: (john watson) some functionalists were impressed by how much could be learned without the use of introspection.
