PSY-101 1st EditionLecture 2Outline of Last LectureI. What is Psychology?II. The Origins of PsychologyIII. The Influence of Psychology Outline of Current Lecture I. The History of Psychology Current LectureI. The History of Psychologya. Physiology- branch of biology, studies of functions of living organisms.i. In the 1600s, physiologists studied the workings of the brain and its relation to human behavior.ii. In the 1700s, physiologists began to trace specific bodily functions to specific brain areas.1. Phrenology was a study that emerged in the 1700s, but did not last long.b. Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) – the founder of Psychologyi. Wrote the Principles of Physiologic Psychology (1879)ii. Created the first psychology lab at the University of Leipzig (1879)iii. Defined psychology as the study of consciousness and “mental life”.c. Edward Titchener started the first “school” of Psychologyi. Titchener was Wundt’s student and later became a professor at Cornell. In his studies, he measured reaction time, but was criticized by his beliefs about structuralism.1. Structuralism- introspection and studying basic components of conscious experiences.a. The problem with structuralism is that it was different for each and every person. Titchener, however, thought it could be the same if he taught them “right”.d. William Jamen- professor at Harvardi. Functionalism- American influence on the study of psychology that changed everything.1. Based off of basic Darwin philosophy that behavior adapts to the environment.a. How b functions to affect a.ii. In Psychology, we cannot rely on common
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