PSY 1001 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I Syllabus Outline of Current Lecture I Foundations of Psychology a Philosophy b Physiology II Father of Psychology a Wilhelm Wundt 1832 1920 b Best known for i Establishment of the first psychology lab ii His influence on the school of thought known as structuralism iii Introspection III Other Important Millstones in the History of Psychology a James functionalism b Freud s influence the unconscious c Behaviorism d The cognitive revolution e History of Women in Psychology Current Lecture I Foundations of Psychology These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Professor Boring s proposal A Philosophy a Illustrated by Socrates Aristotle Locke Home b Nature vs Nurture 1 Philosophical debate that continues in psychology B Physiology a Helmholtz Darwin Muller b Neuronal Communication 1 Neuronal communication can be measured suggesting mental processes might be measured II Father of Psychology A Wilhelm Wundt 1832 1920 B Best known for a Establishment of the first psychology lab in 1879 b Theory of Structuralism 1 Major figures Wundt and Titchener 2 Aimed to identify the most basic elements of psychological experience 3 Analyze complex behavior by breaking the behavior into its components parts b Developed technique of Introspection 1 Idea is thought to date back to the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates know thyself and the unexamined life is not worth living 2 Self exanimation and self reflection 3 Bias is a crucial problem in the study of introspection This bias is called introspective illusion III Other Important Milestone in the History of Psychology A James functionalism a Opposed structuralism b Proposed functionalism 1 How the mental processes work 2 Influenced by Charles Darwin 3 Hoped to understand the adaptive purposes of thought and behavior 4 Free will and determinism b Emphasized the continuous flow of consciousness c Father of American Psychology B Psychoanalysis a Major figures were Freud and Jung b Focused on internal psychological processes of which we re unaware c Focused on honest conscious stream of thought d Free association e Subconscious and dreams f Sexuality B Behaviorism a Psychology should only study observable behavior b Hidden mental processes consciousness memory and thought should not be studies c Early behaviorist 1 2 D F Ivan Pavlov John Watson and B F Skinner a Focused on uncovering the general laws of learning by looking outside the organism b Scientific rigor The cognitive revolution a Psychology can study hidden mental processes such as memory attention stereotypes beliefs etc b The mind may work like a computer c Piaget and Neisser 1 Focuses on the processes involved in different aspects of thinking History of Women in Psychology a Mary Whiton Calkins 1 Attended Harvard 2 Worked with James 3 Never received Ph D b Margaret Floy Washburn 1 First person male or female to receive Ph D from Titchener 2 First women in the US to receive Ph D b African American psychologist Mamie Phipps Clark 1 Studies in racial identity and self concept