PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Wilhelm Wundt, Edward B. Titchener

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 100
• Professor: Michael Robins

Document Summary

Chapter 1 read and do trial quiz on mypsych lab. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes is psychology. Theories are attempts to explain, aka a general explanation. We do not prove theories, we support them. Gstav fechner- early perception studies formed a basis for experimentation in psychology. Hermann von helmholtz- groundbreaking experiments in visual and auditory perception. Analyze the content of one"s mind through objective introspection. Margaret washburn- student of titchener, first woman to receive a degree in psychology. William james- stream of thought vs. elements on mind. Focus on adaptation, living, working, playing functioning in the real world. African americans made important contributions to the field. The whole is greater than the sum of it"s parts . Gestalt psychologists: people naturally seek out patterns ( wholes ) in available sensory information. Froid left the group he believed sexual impulses were the reason of behavior the others. Froid focussed on too much negative emotion.