PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jean Piaget, Clinical Psychology, Stanley Milgram

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Steven Barnes

Document Summary

Ch 1. 1 what is psychology: psychology derives from the roots, psyche (soul) ology (meaning scientific study of, psychology (scientific study of the mind & behavior) Ch 1. 2 history of psychology: psychology is a relatively young science with its experimental roots in the 19th century. William james = 1st american psychologist who espoused a different perspective on how psychology should operate. Sigmund freud= austrian neurologist who was fascinated by hysteria and neurosis: hysteria was an ancient diagnosis for disorders (primarily of women with physical disturbances) Lecture notes & textbook notes chapter by chapter: current practices of freud"s clinical approach = examining unconscious aspect of self and relationships. In many ways, this particular perspective would have directly contradicted wundt"s ideas of structuralism. "learned: classical condition is only 1 form of learning behavior studied by behaviorists. ===== behaviorism: major study area of behaviors was learned behavior and its interaction with inborn qualities of the organism.