origins of psychology

Question 1

define psychology

Answer 1

The scientific study of the human mind and behavior

Question 2

define science

Answer 2

A means of Acquiring knowledge through systematic and objective investigation.

Question 3

define introspection

Answer 3

Introspection means “looking into” and refers to the process of observing and examining your own conscious thoughts or emotions.

Question 4

define empiricism

Answer 4

all knowledge of reality is gained from sensory experience

Question 5

define interference

Answer 5

Going beyond the immediate evidence to make assumptions about mental processes that cannot be directly observed.

Question 6

Wilhelm Wundt
- book, lab, theories

Answer 6

• wrote the first book of psychology (Principles of Physiological Psychology, 1873-4)
• the first Psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, 1879
• established psychology as a separate discipline in its own right.
• scientific method to study the structure of sensation and perception
• introspection could be used to study mental states in replicable
  laboratory experiments