approaches-origins of psychology Flashcards
what was Wundt considered the father of
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he was considered the father of experimental psychology and the first person to acknowledge himself as a psychologist
where did he set up the first laboratory
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in Germany he set up the first lab dedicated to experimental psychology
what was wundts approach known as
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structuralism
what is structuralism
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breaking human conscious down into smaller components eg-sensations and perceptions
this showed other researchers that empirical methods could be applied to the study of mental processes
what technique is he famous for
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introspection
what does introspection mean
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“looking into”
process where someone consciously observes there own thoughts and emotions
what is introspection also known as
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experimental self observation
what does introspection train people to do
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systematically and objectively report the contents of there own thoughts
what were particpents encouraged to do
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participants were encouraged to look inwards and reflect on the sensations, feeling and images that they experienced in response to a stimulus
what would wundt ask them to break down
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wundts asked them to break down there thoughts into separate elements
where did wundt conduct research
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in a controlled environment where he controlled the stimulus as he belied in conducting research in an objective manner
how are wundts methods useful to society
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its used in therapy and studying emotional states eg-hunter investigated happiness in teenagers
what is some positives of Wundt
first to apply scientific method to study psychology
why where Wundts studies replicable
he used standardisation and noted his method throughout so his studies were replicable
negative of introspection
(idiographic)
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it focuses on an individual and there unique experience so you cant generalise it to the wider population
not scientific as you can establish general laws of human behaviour
