Psychology 1001
Chapter 1: history of psychology

How we use psychology in everyday life 1. Cultural Norms 2. First Impressions 3. Memory 4. Motivation: how to set up goals, increase motivation 5. Leadership Skills: how to be an effective leader 6. Communication: body language 7. Understanding behaviour of others: bullies, bi-polar, empathy 8. Decision making: making a logical decision, some are better than others 9. Memory: basic learning, skill to learn 10. Healthy lifestyle: what is the personality of someone living a healthy lifestyle 11. Productivity: multi-tasking is considered not good, where as time management is more effective. 12. Grades: attendance is correlated with your grade, cramming doesn’t work.

How did psychology developed? * is it a combination of 2 Greek words * psych * logy * The study of your soul, then changed to the study of your mind * Comes rom philosophy and physiology (how the mind influences the body) * 1870 = more focus on the mind (eg. How do the mind and bosy interact?) (need to know dates for exams) * psychology was a sub discipline of these areas

William Wundt * Professor od physiology * 1879 created first experimental psych lab in Germany * The father of psych * 1879 = psych date of birth * Focused on consciousness * He taught many students, and they began teaching once they graduated and it began to spread * 1883 – 1893 = new psych research labs in north America

G. Stanley Hall * former student of Wundt * 1883 = started first US research lab in John Hopkins Uni, Baltimore Maryland * 1887 = first psych journal *

Early theories: structuralism vs. Functionalism * Structuralism – late 1800’s to 1927 * Edward Tichener (student of Wundt) * Studying