CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Tracy Dunne

Document Summary

Wilhelm wundt (1832-1920) - father of psychology. Modeled studies based on the hard sciences. Studied the mind - not the brain. Broke it down to its basic components/structures. Opened first research lab in america at cornell university. Studied mind by breaking it down to basic components. Questioned how the mind works the way it does. Gave first psychology lecture - then classes. Around same time titchener opened lab at cornell. Questioned why the mind works the way it does. Sigmund freud (1856-1939), got md in austria, neurologist. Cause of behavior = inner workings of our personality. Misogynist - believed women want to have everything because they don"t have a penis like men do. Women wear purses to show they have something. Misogynistic views can be explained by the fact that his parents were divorced and he had 9 sisters to whom he could project his negative feelings about the divorce to.