origins of psychology

Question 1

what did Wundt open? (AO1)

Answer 1

First laboratory dedicated to science in 1879

Question 2

What did Wundt promote? (AO1)

Answer 2

The use of introspection as a way of studying mental processes

Question 3

What is introspection? (AO1)

Answer 3

a process where the observer/participant examines and records their own conscious thoughts.

Question 4

How is introspection carried out? (AO1)

Answer 4

participants were asked to reflect on their own cognitive processes and describe them

Question 5

Wundt used the scientific method, which is.. (AO1)

Answer 5

observation, question,hypothesis,experiment,conlusion,result

Question 6

Wundts contribution to science, pros:

Answer 6

First to open a lab dedicated to psych(AO1): controlled environment meaning increased reliability and repeatability This allowed for the objective measurement of observable behaviour, providing reliable data through controlling and eliminating the effects of extraneous and confounding variables, by using highly controlled conditions.AO3)

standardised methods(same instructions and same stimuli) (AO1):
repeatable and comparable results(AO3)

Introspection was the first attempt to study mental processes objectively(AO3)

Question 7

Wundts contribution to science, cons:

Answer 7

behaviourist psychologists disagreed with the scientific status of introspection as it produced subjective data

Conscious thoughts cannot be observed nor measured therefore cannot be operationalised.