Experimental Psychology Flashcards
1
Q
How did the structuralism movement try to understand the mind?
A
- Identifying basic elements of thought
2. looking at how those basic elements combine to form complex thoughts
2
Q
What is introspection?
A
People report their thoughts or observations
3
Q
What did Wilhelm Wundt wanna identify?
A
the simplest units of the mind that he thought followed certain laws to create complex thoughts
4
Q
What is Psychophysics?
A
examine basic cognitive phenomenons by linking sensory experiences (mental processes to physical changes)
5
Q
What is Wundt’s empirical introspection?
A
He used experimental self-observation and mental chronometry to try to estimate the time for a participant to perceive something
6
Q
What did Wundt create?
A
thought meter
7
Q
Who used pure introspection?
A
Edward Titchener?
8
Q
What is pure introspection?
A
- Self-examination
- analyzing yourself
- looking at your own personality + actions
- Considering your own motivations
