Origins Of Psychology Flashcards
Why did Wundt open his first lab
To dedicate to psychology and was the first who coined psychology as a discipline
What was the first method that Wundt invented
Introspection
What is introspection
The evaluation or observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes
What did Wundt aim to do
Identify the nature f consciousness using an approach called Structuralism
What did the method use as a controlled technique of collecting thoughts and feelings
Introspection
Introspection was the first …
Systematic experimental attempt to study the mind
What does introspection involve
Breaking up conscious awareness into basic thoughts, images and sensations
What were people given in controlled conditions
Stimuli
Why were people given stimuli
To explain their own mental processes
The introspection process was good as it was
Standardised and replicable
What did Wundt make psychology
Scientific
Hunter and Csikszentmihalyi
Studied happiness in teenagers, using introspection. Used a bell to ring out inner mental processes of teenagers
