PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Barbara Fredrickson, Behaviorism, John Tooby
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Psychology comes from the two greek words psyche meaning the soul, and logos referring to the study of a subject. De ned in the 16th century but was not popular until the 18th century. Aristotle"s conception of memory are the result of three principles of association; similarity, contrast, and contiguity. Wilhelm wundt 1832-1920 was known as the father of psych and marked the birth of psych as a modern science. 1879 1st formal lab for psych research, university of leipzig. 1881 wundt starts 1st psych journal. According to wundt, psych should be a science. Psych became the scienti c study of conscious experience. A new science is born: the contributions of wundt and hall. G stanley hall (1846-1924) studied with wundt and was an important contributor to the rapid growth of psychology in the u. s. Established the rst ever psychology research lab in 1883. 1887 launched the rst psych journal in the u. s.
