disadvantages of wundt

Question 1

what issue was there with wundts data

Answer 1

it was subjective, a sample cant represent the whole population , some participants didn’t reveal all their thoughts.

Question 2

what could some participants thoughts be influences by

Answer 2

could be influenced by demand characteristics

Question 3

behaviourists vs wundt : how is behaviour created

Answer 3

wudnt and the behaviourists clash when it comes to learning behaviour : wundt argues that behaviour is determined whilst behaviourists argue that behaviour is learnt through interaction with the enviroment

Question 4

why do behaviourists not like inference

Answer 4

they critisize inference: they only believe that behaviour can be observed or measured , they also reject the study of internal processes and percieve the mind as a black box

Question 5

what principles does behaviourism follow

Answer 5

scientific principles.