PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Theory Of Computation, Auditory Cortex, Cognitive Psychology
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Complete online questionnaire by sunday january 22 @midnight for extra 1% If you signed up and can"t make it, unbook yourself within 15 minutes of booking by emailing the experimenter. Instead of studying the history of psychology as a museum tour , let"s look at how that history resulted in frameworks that still are influential in the current practice. A framework is a conceptual structure for integrating different levels of theories. Freud followed an ancient tradition (from plato) to explain irrational behaviour in terms of inner conflict between different parts of the psyche. Inner conflict, different forces at work within your mind is what triggers your irrational behaviour the peas shouldn"t touch the meat . Even most of freud"s major theoretical claims are rejected, but he is still a towering figure due to his insights. Before this, people thought what was in the mind is conscious.
