origins of psychology Flashcards
who was the founding father in psychology
wilhelm wundt
what did wundt found
the Institute for Experimental Psychology at the University of Leipzig in Germany in 1879
why was wundt important
he separated psychology from philosophy by analysing the workings of the mind in a more structured and controlled way.
what was wundts aim
to record thoughts and sensations and to analyse them into their constituent elements
what is the school of psychology known as
voluntarism- the process of organising the mind
during his academic career how many undergraduates did wundt train
186- 116 in psychology
why was it significant he trained this many people
it helped disseminate his work
what student described his system as structuralism
edward titchener
what is structuralism
isolating the structure of consciousness
what was wundts pioneering method
introspection
define introspection
the first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of sensations, images and thoughts
what did wundt believe in
reductionism
what was introspection a form of
highly practiced self observation/examination
what did he train students to do
make observations that were biased by personal interpretation or previous experience
what would he use the results for
to develop a theory of conscious thought
