Origins

Question 1

What are key assumptions of origins of psychology?

Answer 1

• developed by Wundt - considered ‘father of psychology’
• focuses on empirical procedures + objective approaches
  -wanted to study the human consciousness

Question 2

What is introspection?

Answer 2

The systematic analysis of one’s own consciousness in response to stimuli

Question 3

What is structuralism?

Answer 3

Breaking down thoughts into constituent parts

Question 4

What are strengths of Origins of psychology ?

Answer 4

• standardised —> same instructions given each time
• can be replicated
• set up 1st psychology lab in Germany 1879
• used controlled + scientific methods
• helped in establishing cognitive approach
• first person to attempt to study internal processes

Question 5

What are the negatives of Origins of psychology?

Answer 5

• unreliable results —> can’t write as fast as you can think, can be self-edited
• unfalsifiable
• subjective
• can’t be quantified or generalised —> cannot be used to make general laws