PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Auditory Cortex, Skeletal Muscle, Endocrine System

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Kenneth Campbell

Document Summary

Origin: logos (the study) and psyche (the mind, began as a branch of physics - real physical energy in the universe. Humans only experience small portion: psychophysicists - study the what and why of consciousness, cannot observe mental events but can observe overt behaviour, psychology is the study of mental events and behaviour. Whether the psychologist is : a basic, fundamental researcher (experimental psychologist, applied (applications of experimental psych, clinical (psychotherapists, counsellors) Experimental psychology: oldest branch, began in mid to late 1800s, first psychology lab was of wilhelm wundt - studied basic and simple concepts of consciousness. Student, edward titchener attempted to isolate the basic elements of the mind (structuralism) by using analogy of chemistry. Experience of external words is a mixture of simpler elements. Method of looking inward and re ecting on one"s own conscious experience (introspection) We see yellow light, but not the simpler elements, red and green.