Origin To Psychology

Question 1

who was Wilhelm wundt

Answer 1

known as the father of modern psychology

Question 2

Describe Wundts role in the development of psychology

Answer 2

Wundt known as ‘the father of psychology’ – moved from philosophical roots to
controlled research.
* Set up the first psychology laboratory in Liepzig, Germany in 1870s.
* Promoted the use of introspection as a way of studying mental processes.
* Introspection – systematic analysis of own conscious experience of a stimulus.
* An experience was analysed in terms of its component parts e.g. sensations,
* His work paved the way for later controlled research and the study of mental

Question 3

what is introspection

Answer 3

the first systematically experimental attempt to study the mind by break basic components of conscious and awareness into basic structures of thought, images and sensations

Question 4

what was the main objective of standard procedures

Answer 4

try develop theories about mental processes

Question 5

what happened in the standardised procedures

Answer 5

he and his co workers recorded their experiences of various stimuli they were presented with such as different objects and sounds. Divided into thoughts, feelings and sensation

Question 6

what is structuralism

Answer 6

isolating the structure of consciousness . The stimuli that Wundt and his co workers experienced were always presented in the same order and the same instruction were issued to all participants