PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Roger Wolcott Sperry, Torsten Wiesel, Abraham Maslow
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New science is born: the contributions of wundt and hall: Refers to the soul, spirit and mind. Typical characteristics of species must serve some purpose. Watson"s alters psychology"s course as behaviourism makes its debut: Science give up consciousness and focus on the science of behavior. Behaviour observable response by an organism. Can"t study the feelings associated with behavior private events. Stimulus: detectable input from the environment: light, sound waves. Approach led to rise in animal research. Gesalt argued that we should continue studying the conscious. Knowledge grew from the effort to treat mental disorders. Existence of unconscious: contains thoughts/memories/desires below surface of conscious but influence behavior. Meaningless slips from the tongue often revealing true feelings: example: i decided to take a summer school curse. Dreams express important feelings individual unaware of. Psychological disturbances personal conflicts exist unconscious level. Psychoanalytic: explain personality motivation mental disorders by focusing on unconscious behaviours. Behaviour influenced with how people cope with sexual urges.
