PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Psychological Association, Donald O. Hebb, Brenda Milner

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerald Goldberg, Miranda Di Lorenzo, Nikoo Norouzian, JongJin Kim, Eden Champagne

Document Summary

Themes related to psychology as a field: psychology is empirical, psychology is theoretically diverse, psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context. Themes related to psychology"s subject matter: behaviour is determined by multiple causes, behaviour is shaped by cultural heritage, behaviour is influenced jointly by heredity and environment, finally, people"s experience of the world is highly subjective. Destigmatize: remove feelings of shame or disgrace from mental illness. B. f. skinner: behaviourism, the most influential psychologist ever. First experimental laboratory in the british empire established by james mark. Baldwin at the university of toronto in 1891. Baldwin helped found the american psychological association in 1892. Canadian psychological association founded in 1839 contributions by brenda milner and donald hebb. Ex. clinical, counseling, school, health, industrial/organization (i/o) In canada, these are usually provincially regulated (ex. Clinical psychology (diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems) Cognition = the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge. Maintains people"s manipulation of mental images surely influence how they behave.