PSYC 1020H Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Margaret Floy Washburn, American Psychological Association, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1020H
• Professor: Bond Barbara

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Psychology comes from two greek words: psyche meaning the soul, logos meaning the study of a subject. Philosophy and physiology influenced the course of early psychology. Aristotle"s conception of memory suggested that memories are the result of three principles of association: similarity, contrast, and contiguity. Impact of philosophy on development of ideas about mind, behaviour, and human nature developed. Descartes argued that min and body were separate and fundamentally. Also believed that processes and functions such as memory, perception, different dreaming, and emotions were (cid:498)properties(cid:499) of the body psychology. Study of experimental physiology and medicine was supposed to be. People argued that important insights could be gained into workings of the body and brain through the application of systematic methods. All of this work was important to the form of psychology. Many date the emergence of psychology as a distinct discipline to the work of. A new science is born: the contributions of wundt and hall.