PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Humorism, Phlegm
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Mental processes: activities of our brain when engaged in thinking, observing the environment and using language. And behaviour: observable activities of an organism, often in response to environmental cues. Whole groups (how we change in a group setting) and cultures (change the way we think, varying perceptions) Parts of individuals (cell on up: cellular structure, the brain) Starts when people wondered about human nature and human behaviour. Philosophers were the ones arguing about what it was to be human , alive and to. Philosophy: the study of knowledge, reality and the nature/meaning of life. Beautiful : plato: believed certain ideas are pure and signify an ultimate reality, and we could use reasoning to uncover core ideas embedded in every human soul. Goal: define/explain/break down & identify the structure of conscious experience (thought) Things he is known for: volunteerism, founder of structuralism, opened the first lab, acclaimed founder of psychology. (tischener- student of wundt) own spin in wundt"s ideas.
