Approaches: Origins of Psychology Flashcards

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Define introspection

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A systematic method used to study the mind by breaking up conscious thoughts into thoughts, images and sensations

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Outline Wundt’s role in Psychology

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  • Opened first psychology lab in Germany
  • Aim to describe nature of human conscious
  • Introspection
  • Used scientific methods
  • Separated modern scientific psychology from its philosophical roots
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