introspection + structuralism Flashcards
what was wundt known as
‘the father of psychology’
what did he set up
the first psychology lab in germany
what did he do
he moved the study of the mind from philosphy to controlled research
whats one way wundt contributed to psychology
he contributed to establishing psychology as an independent field of research.
what was wundts research called
structuralism
whats structuralism
describing the mind in terms of its simplest definable components , sensations feelings and images
what did wundt do to research structuralism
he utilised a technique called introspection.
define introspection
the process of observing and examining your own conscious thoughts or emotions
whats the first step of introspection
a stimuli , e.g. a ticking metronome (sensory object).
what were participants trained to do( second step)
to report conscious experiences as objectively as possible:response stage (feelings images and sensations)
how was his experiment scientific
he controlled the experimental enviroment and conditions, e.g. kept the ticking metronome for each participant the same(Standarisation).
what was the conclusion stage(third and final step)
Wundt would outline similarities and differences in each response and make a general conclusion about the mental processes. ( educated guess)
what do researchers do in introspection when there is enough observations of people behaving the same way
they make inferences about the processes that may be driving their behaviour
is introspection a direct observation of mental processes
introspection is an indirect observation of mental processes , Wundt made inferences ( educated guesses ) on the structure of the internal mental processes based on observed behaviour.
