Chapter one notes of weiten text 8th
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Psychology [1]
Chapter 1 Summary of Weitens psyc book 1879 Birth of Psychology! Psych intellectual parent = philosophy and physiology Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) ? PSYCH should be an INDEPENDENT DISCIPLINE and a SCIENCE MODELLED after PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. Psych should be a scientific study of CONSCIOUSNESS 1879- 1st psych research lab started by Wundt @ Leipzig university Germany 1881 ? 1st psych research journal published 1887- G Stanley Hall ? 1ST Psych journal in USA and Established APA in 1892 Structuralism (Edward Titchener) VS Functionalism (William James (1842-1910) Structuralism BASED ON THE NOTION THAT THE TASK OF PSYCHOLOGY IS TO ANALYSE CONSCIOUSNESS INTO ITS BASIC ELEMENTS AND INVESTIGATE HOW THESE ELEMENTS ARE RELATED. Sensation and perception in vision, hearing and touch