PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Animal Magnetism, American Psychologist, Animal Cognition

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 005
• Professor: Sohai

Document Summary

Perception of psychology in usa at beginning of 20th century. 1892 apa founded, have psychology researcher 2 platforms to communicate with each other. American journal of psychology g. stanley hall. Most american psychologist were functionalists & took distance from european tradition (structuralism) 1900 41 psychology laboratories in usa. Mostly part of philosophical and theological institutes. Europe focused more on knowledge for the sake of knowledge (structuralism) American society was interested in darwin"s natural selection. Inheritance usa one of first country where eugenics had strong impact: society diverged towards negative eugenics preventing people with negative features to have children. Environment believed human characteristics & achievement depend on environment one could change & control human actions for better. Intellectualism knowledge for sake knowledge mistrust because america was notion of common-sense men & uninterested in abstract science. Second halt of 19th century society didn"t associated psychology with science but with. Hypothesized that different parts of brain control different functions.