origins of psychology Flashcards
who established the first psychology lab and where?
Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig Germany in 1879
What did Wundt Pioneer and what was it?
introspection. this is systematic experimental attempt to study mind by breaking it up conscious awareness into structures of thoughts, images and sensations.
What type of instructions were given to participants and so what did this mean could happen?
standardised instructions and procedure so procedure was replicable
why was Wundt work significant?
it marked separation of modern scientific psychology from broader philosophical roots.
who rejected introspection
early behaviourists such as Watson argue introspection was subjective so not scientific
what approach dominated psychology in the 1930s?
behaviourists such as skinner who brought language and rigour of natural sciences into psychology
what did the cognitive approach use?
scientific procedures to study mental processes following the cognitive revolution
what did the biological approach introduce?
technological advances
what is a strength in modern psychology?
that is claims to be scientific, as the psychology has the same aims as natural sciences, such as behaviourist approach which rely on scientific methods such as lab studies.
what is a limitation of Wundt?
Wundt relied on participating self-reporting ‘private’ mental processes which means the data is subjective and so may be bias and also don’t have same thoughts all the time so establishing principles not possible. so is not considered scientific.
