Approaches

Question 1

Wundts role in the emergence of psychology as a science AO1

Answer 1

-Wudnt is known as the “father of psychology”
-as he established the first psychology labaratory in Leipzig Germany, marking the beginning of psychology as a seperate scientific discipline.
-Wudnt used a method known as introspection, which was the first systamatic and experimental attempt to study the mind/ mental processes by breaking down conscious awareness into basic structures of reflections thoughts and images and sensations.
-This process is alligned with structuralism, which focused in analysing the structure of mental processes. Wudnt also wanted to focus on how people percieve the stimulus
-he gave participants a stimulus and asked them to report any sensations they had, this was recorded under strictly controlled conditions
-for example they may have been shown a light flashing and asked to report their immediate conscious experience

Question 2

Wundts role in the emergence of psychology as a science AO3 (STRENGTHS)

Answer 2

+One strength of Wudnts approach is that it pioneered psychology as a science, by using controlled environments and standardised procedures he laid the foundation for psychology to be studied using emprical methods, shifting it away from its phylosophical roots and helping establish it as an academic discipline.

+His work has had lasting influence, many of his methods such as experimental control and observation are still used in psychology today, especially when studying cognitive psychology, especially when studying mental processes such as perception and memory.

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Question 3

Wundts role in the emergence of psychology as a science AO3

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Question 7

What is the behavioural approach?

Answer 7

The behavioural approach is a way of explaining behaviour in terms of what is observed in terms of learning.

Question 8

General assumptions of the behavioural model

Answer 8

-focused on behaviour being measured and learnt
-all behaviour is learnt and involves the same processes for animals and humans eg classical and operant conditioning
-Watson (a behaviourist) redjected introspection (suggested by Wundt) because it was too vague and difficult to measure.
-behaviourism maintains more control and objectivity within research and relies on laboratory experiments.

Question 9

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 9

Classical conditioning is learning by association. A neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus. The neutral stimulus alone will eventually produce the same response as the unconditioned stimulus.