Week 1 Flashcards
What is psychology?
The scientific study of behaviour and mind
What is the word “psychology” derived from?
Greek words
Psyche: soul
Logos: study of
Define Behaviour
Actions and responses
Can be mental, physical, etc.
Can observe
Define Mind
Internal states and processes
Not directly observable
What do we call the different ways of looking at psychology?
Perspectives (of psychology)
Different ways of viewing behaviour
Who were the first 3 Greek philosophers/founders of psychology?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
What was the main accomplishment of the 3 philosophers/founders?
Debated nativism vs empiricism
Has ideas on why we think in certain ways/do certain things
Who was Rene Descartes?
Coined mind-body dualism (very separate things, alien in your head)
Mind and body only interact via the pineal gland
Big psychologist of his time
Belief that no amount of studying physical body can give info on the non-physical mind)
Mind is in the brain, but separate, mind is the soul (separation of soul)
What is monism?
Opposite of dualism
Mind and body are one/connected, can’t separate them
Mind is not a separate, spiritual entity (no soul)
Mental events are a product of physical events
- VERY important for psychology, bc the mind can be studied by measuring physical processes
Who coined monism?
Thomas Hobbs
T/F: Psychology is built off of dualism
F: Psychology is built off of monism
Who is the father of psychology?
Wilhem Wundt
Formed the first research lab in psychology
“Physiology informs us about those life phenomena that we perceive by our ________ senses. In psychology, the person looks upon himself as from ______ and tries to explain the ______________ of those processes that this ________ observation discloses.” — _____ ______
external
within
interrelations
internal
Wilhem Wundt
What is a perspective of psychology that Wundt built?
Structuralism
Who were the builders of structuralism?
Wundt and Titchener
