PSYCH AP Chapter 1
Subject:
Psychology [1]
Psychology: Opening Objectives: Psychology: study of the mind and human behavior SPA: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle Descartes: believed that spirits rain through the brain making us do things Wilhelm Wundt: father of modern psychology* Gave birth to the first experiment and lab in Germany in 1879 Titchner: coined the term(structuralism: experiences from birth to present Introspection: Wundt & Titchner: structure of feelings and behavior. WHY William James & James Rowland Angell(functionalism: empirical, rational thought. What the mind was capable of vs. thought process Structuralism Functionalism Titchner & Wundt James & Angell Experiences from birth to present Empirical, rational thought. What the mind was capable of vs. thought process.