PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent And Independent Variables, Behaviorism, Reuptake
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Psychophysics - the notion we can take the same scienti c process of physics and apply it to the internal world, our minds. Just noticeable difference - different weights in both hands. The ratio of 10% more, that"s when people could tell the difference. Willhelm wundt (1831-1920) was the rst to refer himself as a psychologist. He wrote the rst psychology textbook the principles of physiological psychology . Loved introspection founded what it is termed the structuralist approach . Kind of kicked off psychology , ** psychology is not that old. Intraspection - to look within, into your mind. Wundt would take them through a long training process to look into their mind. Experiment - dark room, red circle projected on the wall, he"d ask them to tell him what they see (maybe a stop light, an apple. Was looking at the physiological, but what does that ultimately produce in the person"s mind who is experiencing this.
