PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sigmund Freud, Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt
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Fields in psychology: clinical, counseling, health, developmental, sports, forensic, neuroscience. Beginnings of psychology: date of birth-1879, university of leipzig, germany, founder-wilhelm wundt, study of the mind. Edward titchener"s structuralism: titchener, like his teacher wilhelm wundt, relied on self-report data. Psychology pioneers: william james (1842-1910) developed functionalism. How might they help our ancestors survive: he wrote principles of psychology. William james: major concept- stream of consciousness, what the mind does and why. William james student: stanley hall, 1883 first research lab in america, 1887 first psychological journal, 1892 founder of the apa. Early perspectives: structuralism- forerunner for today"s perspective of neuroscience, functionalism- left imprint through behaviorism. Freud: emphasizes, unconscious thoughts, conflict between biological instincts and society"s demands, early family experiences. Behaviorism: the science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only, must be directly seen and measured. Behaviorism: john watson, father of behaviorism, classical conditioning, b. f. skinner, greatest contemporary behaviorist, operant conditioning.
