beginning Flashcards
first psychologist
wilhelm wundt
first assumption
all behaviour is seen as being caused (determined)
second assumption
if behaviour is determined, then it should be able to be predicted (predctability)
investigative method: objective
not influenced by personal feelings/ representing facts
investigative method: systematic
done according to a fixed plan/system
investigative method: replicable
ability to reproduce/ make exact copy of
introspection
-wundt believed was scientific as we cant see mind
-defined as systematic analysis of ones own conscience experiene of a stimulus
wundt and introspection
trained graduate researchers to make personalobservationes that were biased and based on experiences
replicable because
-based on individual
-results are the same
-method replicable
objective?
-very subjective
-based on individual experience and interpretation
systematic because
-same stimulus in the same order
griffiths (1994)
-asked gamblers to think outloud while playing
-see if thought prcess was more irrational than non-gamblers
-analysis of thoughts hsowed they were
evaluation
scientific
-in lab so controlled enviroment so no extrenuous factors affecting