origin of psychology

Question 1

the word’s first lab for experimental psychology was set up by………….

Answer 1

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 2

before the scientific method was applied, psychology had only been in the realm of ………….

Answer 2

philosophy

Question 3

Wundt studied the mind using…………

Answer 3

stimuli presented to the participants in the lab

Question 4

how did Wilhelm Wundt study the mind

Answer 4

he studied the mind scientifically, and applied reductionism to understand the mind in terms of it’s simpler parts

Question 5

wundt used introspection when studying his participants responses to stimuli, where the participants…

Answer 5

described their own mental processes

Question 6

why did Wundt use introspection

Answer 6

to understand participants responses

Question 7

what is introspection?

Answer 7

where the participants examined and described their own mental processes

Question 8

what is a strength to Wundt’s work

Answer 8

• he was the first person to apply the scientific method to psychology

Question 9

variables in the environment, other than what the researchers are manipulating that might affect participant behaviour are called…

Answer 9

situational variables

Question 10

when situational variables are controlled we call it…

Answer 10

standardisation

Question 11

Wundt wrote down the methods of his studies which makes his studies

Answer 11

replicable

Question 12

how did Wundt apply the scientific method?

Answer 12

• controlling all situational variables using standardisation
• making his studies replicable

Question 13

what does it mean when a study lacks reliability

Answer 13

when a study is replicated and the results are not consistent

Question 14

by not directly observing anything, Wundt studies did not have any…..

Answer 14

empirical evidence

Question 15

limitation of Wundt’s research?

Answer 15

• the first limitation of Wundt’s study is that his results were not consistent and so his studies lacked reliability
• the second limitation is that his results were not based on empirical evidence

Question 16

describe the method used by Wundt in his study

Answer 16

Wundt used the scientific method to study the mind. He did this by testing participants in a controlled environment, to understand cause and effect. In his experiments, he would present participants with a stimulus on repeated occasions, and he would ask participants to report their experience of the stimulus through introspection.

Question 17

explain why Wundt’s study was not very scientific

Answer 17

Wundt’s research was not very scientific for two reasons. Firstly, Wundt did not obtain the same results consistently whenever he tested the same participants, and so, his research lacked reliability. Secondly, Wundt did not use direct observations in his research, and so his research did not use empirical evidence.