chapter 1 lecture 2 Flashcards
Any science including psychology stems from 2 key beliefs
1) Empiricism – knowledge must come from experience and observation
2) Determinism – all events are controlled by natural laws of cause and effect (ie genes, society raised in, other factors that control psychology)
1) Empiricism
knowledge must come from experience and observation
knowledge must come from experience and observation
1) Empiricism
2) Determinism
all events are controlled by natural laws of cause and effect (ie genes, society raised in, other factors that control psychology)
all events are controlled by natural laws of cause and effect (ie genes, society raised in, other factors that control psychology)
2) Determinism
Materialism:
the idea that the universe consists of only physical matter (including humans) and all events that occur in the universe are caused by natural forces (including human behaviour)
-people became more comforatable studying psychology as a science by blending them with biology and physics
the idea that the universe consists of only physical matter (including humans) and all events that occur in the universe are caused by natural forces (including human behaviour)
-people became more comforatable studying psychology as a science by blending them with biology and physics
Materialism:
Gustav Fechner
founded the field of pyscho physics when he wrote a book about it in 1860
founded the field of pyscho physics when he wrote a book about it in 1860
Gustav Fechner
Charles Darwin
– theory of evolution by natural selection opened the door for humans to be the objects of science
– theory of evolution by natural selection opened the door for humans to be the objects of science
Charles Darwin
Francis gall and johann spurzheim
founders of phrenology
Sigmund freud
founder of psychoanalysis – connect psychological problems to unconscious
—- relies on various methods including hypnosis and dream interpretation to reveal the unconscious basis of mental illness
founder of psychoanalysis – connect psychological problems to unconscious
—- relies on various methods including hypnosis and dream interpretation to reveal the unconscious basis of mental illness
Sigmund freud
Wilhelm wundt
father of experimental psychology – research relied on the technique of introspection (thinking about and describing ones own experience)