PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Experimental Psychology, Gestalt Psychology, Folk Psychology

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

Document Summary

Academic psychology developed & institutionalised over last decades of the 19th century. Psychology started with study of mind, based on unreliable method introspection . Structuralism in wundt"s laboratory (brought to america by titchner) and challenged by. 1920 behaviourism redefined psychology as study of behaviour based primarily on objective method of experimentation (in reaction to unreliability of introspection method) Reaction to limited research agenda & theoretical bankruptcy of behaviourism, the cognitive revolution restored the mind as the proper subject of psychology. Foundation of the first laboratory of experimental psychology in germany. End to 17th century pietism (protestant movement) & enlightenment people establish together against catholic orthodoxy doctrine & emphasis good education in german. Aristotelian philosophy based on scholastic teaching replaced by teaching of new science without interference from theological faculty. 1805 defeat of roman empire by french resulted in modernization o. School system reorganised, new university model installed. University based on two goals bildung & wissenschaft.