PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Tabula Rasa, Unconscious Mind, Applied Psychology

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Oliver Hardt

Document Summary

1. 1 early work in psychology: psych didn"t exist pre-19th century --> philosophy + theology + anatomy, psychology: psyche- "spirit/soul" & logia- "study of, scientific study of behaviour and mind, union of philosophy and physiology. Use behaviour to make inferences about what takes place in the mind: what is the relationship between behaviour and the mind, dualism: mind and body are separate entities (ex. 1. 2 what do psychologists do: basic research: understand fundamental principles that govern behaviour and mind (usually w/ healthy populations) --> "how" and "why" of behaviour, without focusing on how the information is used. Function of a behaviour must be understood in order to understand how its parts work together. Skeptical of how subjective introspection was & also cannot study animals this way. Shift away from strict behaviourism; renewed interest in the mind: computers reshaped the way psychologists thought about the mind, technology (ex.