Origins Of Psychology

Question 1

Define psychology

Answer 1

Scientifically breaking down how the brain works and human behaviour.

Question 2

Who was Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 2

First “Psychologist”
Opened first lab in 1879
Aimed to study human behaviour in a scientific way

Question 3

What is introspection

Answer 3

The live examination of ones conscious thoughts with a stimulus, it was always done in controlled conditions

Question 4

Disadvantages of introspection

Answer 4

—socially desirable responses
—There’s a delay between the “subjects” thoughts and reports
—not replicable which reduces reliability

Question 5

advantages of introspection

Answer 5

—may not be entirely scientific but the principle of it is still used today to diagnose people
—In 1994 Griffiths used introspection in a gambling study

Question 6

How did psychology emerge as a science?

Answer 6

— the use of a scientific method that is objective, systematic and replicable
— the use of independent and dependent variables
— empiricism | the belief that knowledge comes from observation and experience
— formulation of testing and modification of hypothesis