PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Abraham Maslow, B. F. Skinner

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

First experiment using a machine that measure the time lag b/w a person hearing a ball hit a platform to when they push a telegraph key(button) Opened the first psychology laboratory (major milestone) Conclusion: it took one-tenths of a second for people to push the key when they heard the sound, it took two-tenths of a second for people to press the key when they were aware of the sound. *takes longer to be aware of own awareness. Purpose: to measure the atoms of the mind ( fastest/simplest memory process) New psychology was split into two early schools (knowleges/beliefs): structuralism and funtionalism (major milestone) William james studied the evolved functions of our thoughts/feelings (nose=smell, eyes=see, brain = thinking) =>james thought thinking (as with any other senses) developed because it is adaptive (ancestors needed it to survive) Titchener (wundt"s student) want to know the mind"s structure. Express their feelings, what they hear/smell/feel when presented with objects (rose, metronome, taste something)