PSYC 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, John Stuart Mill, Christian Mortalism

• School: Emory University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 110
• Professor: Andrew Kazama

Document Summary

Psych 110 book notes chapter one: foundations for the study of psychology. The scope of psychology: varieties of explanations in psychology and their application to sexual jealousy, a comment on psychology to other scholarly fields, psychology as a profession. Thoughts about using this book and its special features. As far as we know, human beings are the only animal that contemplates itself. Psychology the science of behavior and the mind: behavior observable actions of a person or an animal, mind an individual"s sensations, perceptions, memories, thoughts, dreams, motivates, emotions, and other subjective experiences. 3 fundamental ideas for psychology: a historical overview. The founding of psychology as a recognized scientific discipline is 1879: wilhelm wundt opened 1st university-based psychology laboratory in germany, during that time, wundt published the 1st psychology textbook and began mentoring the 1st psychology graduate students. The roots of psychology predate wundt: developed by philosophers, physicists, physiologists, and naturalists.