PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Health Psychology, Noam Chomsky, Social Forces

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

Document Summary

Greek philosophers (plato, aristotle and socrates: debated mind vs body, knowledge : Empiricism: gained through experience: aristotle"s theory of memory : 3 principles of association o o o o o. Philosophers (descartes, mill and locke: descartes theory of dualism. Processes of memory, perception, dreaming and emotions were properties of the o o o body: renaissance , post renaissance - thomas hobbes. Desacretes: experimental philosophy - uses psychology methods to examine philosophical questions. Early medicine (gall, broca, wernike) : anatomy and physiology: hermann von helmholtz - sensation and perception. 1-1b : a new science is born: contributions of wundt and hall. New science: psychology is a combination of philosophy and physiology, wilhelm wundt - founder of psychology and structuralism o o o established first psychology laboratory. Founded structuralism: g. stanley hall - founder of north american psychology. Established first north american psychology laboratory at st. johns hopkins o o. Established american association of psychology: edward titchener o o o.