PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes -James Mckeen Cattell, Mary Whiton Calkins, John Stuart Mill

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Jennifer Steeves

Document Summary

Philosophy, physiology, and psychology: psychology comes from psyche = soul and logos = subject of study, ancient greek philosophers: Memories are the result of three principles of associations; similarity, contrast and contiguity. Knowledge is inborn (nativism) or gained through experience (empiricism: classic philosophy developed through. Mind and body were separate and fundamentally different. Memory, perception, dreaming and emotions were properties of the body (naturalistic terms) Associationism (david hume and john stuart mill: william harvey. Blood circulation was a function of the operation of the heart: robert whyte, franz gall, paul broca and johannes muller. Workings of the body and brain through applications of systemic, empirical methods. Muller s student: herman von helm holtz began one of the first experimental examinations of human reaction time. Separation of the sensation and perception as topics of study. A new science is born: the contributions of wundt and hall: wilhelm wundt. 1879: first psychology laboratory = date of birth for psychology.