origins of psychology

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• a scientific study of the huma mind and its functions, especially those functions affecting behaviour in a given context  

Nota:

• a means of acquiring knowledge through systematic and objective investigation. the aim is todiscover general laws.

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• the first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations

1. to document and describe human conscience
2. isolating structures (structuralism)

1. used scientific methods
2. recorded under strict controlled conditions using the same stimulus each time

1. same instructions each time
   1. repeated (replicable) results

1. 1913 Watson question introspection
   1. data was subjective
   2. varied from person to person
   3. only observable characteristics can be measured
      1. this lead to the behaviourist approach

1. focused on scientific approaches
   1. in a lab
   2. modern day tech
      1. eeg
      2. fmri

1. don't inherit knowledge or instincts