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Psychology
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
4 goals of psychology
1. What is happening?
2. Why is it happening?
3. When will it happen again? (prediction)
4.) How can it be changed? (control)
Pseudo psychology
phrenology
palmistry
astrology
phrenology- bumps on skull indicate something about a person
palmistry-reading palms
astrology- stars, personality
Wilhelm Wundt
father of psychology, started first ever psychology department and objective introspection
objective introspection
the process of objectively examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities
G. Stanley Hall
first ever psychologist in the United States, started first psychology lab in the United States at John Hopkins
Edward Titchener
leader of structuralism
structuralism
focus on the structure of the mind, belief that it could be broken down into components
introspection
careful, systematic observations of one's own conscious experience
William James
leader of functionalism
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