PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, Mary Whiton Calkins, Tabula Rasa
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Pysch10: intro to psychology- lecture 1: the birth of psychology. Aristotle asked about relationships between body and psyche: answered by observe and make guesses, wilhelm wundut (1832-1920, added: 1. Experiments: elements to make psychology a science, measured time vs. Awareness of self: established the first psychology laboratory, structuralism (edward titchener, aimed to discover the minds structure, relied on self report data. Atoms of the mind - the fastest and simplest mental process. Introspection: self reporting on sensations and other elements of experience, reaction to stimuli: build a view of mind structure, unreliable- varied from person to person, experience to experience, functionalism (william james, 1842-1910) Investigate the function, or purpose of consciousness than structure. 1st female phd: wrote the animal mind. 2nd female president of apa (1900) science of mental life (1920"s) scientific study of observable behavior (1960"s) cognitive psychology- study of mental processes (today) science of behavior and mental processes.
