Approaches; Wundt

Question 1

Wundt’s Strengths

Answer 1

• use of testable hypotheses boosting research replicability and understanding behaviour.
• introspection persists today

Question 2

Wundt’s Weaknesses

Answer 2

• participants can report conscious experiences but not unconscious factors, limiting introspection’s explanatory power.
• it can also be difficult to establish general principles and replicate results reliably.

Question 3

Process of introspection

Answer 3

1)participants are trained to report conscious experiences as objectively as possible
2) participants are asked to focus on a sensory object (e.g. a ticking metronome)
3) Participants would systematically report their experience of the object by breaking
their thoughts into separate elements; focus inward and report sensations, feelings
and images.

Question 4

When and where did Wundt establish the first psychology laboratory?

Answer 4

In 1879, Wilhelm Wundt established the first-ever laboratory dedicated entirely to psychological inquiry in Leipzig, Germany.

Question 5

Structuralism

Answer 5

An attempt to uncover the hidden structures of the mind

Question 6

How did Wundt research?

Answer 6

Wundt used standardised procedures

Question 7

What was Wundt’s method?

Answer 7

He and his co-workers recorded their experiences when presented with various stimuli.

Question 8

What was Wundt’s aim?

Answer 8

His aim was to isolate the structure of consciousness