PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Job Satisfaction, Social Learning Theory, Behaviorism
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The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior. Understand and explain the causes of behavior. Control behavior through understanding its causes and consequences. Wilhelm wundt: established the first psychological laboratory in leipzig, germany (1879) Analyzed consciousness: a person"s subjective experience of the world and the mind. Structuralism: wundt explored the relationship between the basic elements and how they are related. (conscious experience of sensations and feelings, and images. ) William james: built on the principles of introspection and the study of conscious experiences, but instead focused on the why and the adaptive reasons for what and how we perceive in the real world. Functionalism: the study of the function or purpose of consciousness, and serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment. (natural selection) Explain personality, motivation, mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior. Identified the role of unconscious forces that determine thoughts, feelings and behavior. Drives and motivations conflict leading to compromises (defense mechanisms, symptoms)
