PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: School Bullying, Abraham Maslow, Wilhelm Wundt

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

Document Summary

First experiment using a machine that measure the time lag b/w a person hearing a ball hit a platform to when they push a telegraph key(button) Opened the first psychology laboratory (major milestone) Conclusion: it took one-tenths of a second for people to push the key when they heard the sound, it took two-tenths of a second for people to press the key when they were aware of the sound. *takes longer to be aware of own awareness. Purpose: to measure the atoms of the mind ( fastest/simplest memory process) New psychology was split into two early schools (knowleges/beliefs): structuralism and funtionalism (major milestone) Titchener (wundt"s student) want to know the mind"s structure. Express their feelings, what they hear/smell/feel when presented with objects (rose, metronome, taste something) William james studied the evolved functions of our thoughts/feelings (nose=smell, eyes=see, brain = thinking) =>james thought thinking (as with any other senses) developed because it is adaptive (ancestors needed it to survive)