PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter modules for test 1: Margaret Floy Washburn, Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Wilhelm wundt: established first psychology laboratory at the university of leipzig, germany. Titchener: used introspection to search for minds structural elements. Margaret floy washburn: 1st women to receive a psychological ph. d. Skinner: leading behaviorist rejected introspection how consequences shape behaviour. Sigmund freud: controversial ideas of this famed personality theorist and therapist have influenced hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455)"s self-understanding. Charles darwin: argued that natural selection shapes behaviours as well as bodies. Neuroscience: how body & brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences. Evolutionary: how the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes. Behavior genetics: how genes and environment influence individual differences. Psychodynamic: how behavior springs from unconscious drives & conflicts. Cognitive: how we encode, process, store, and retrieve info. Social-cultural: how behavior & thinking vary across situations & cultures. Biological psychology: exploring the links between brain and mind. Development psychology: studying our changing abilities from womb to womb. Cognitive psychology: experimenting with how we perceive, think and solve problems.