origins of psychology Flashcards
what is a paradigm
a group of psychologists who share a belief about how the mind and human behaviour works.
what is a paradigm shift?
when a new way of thinking about the human mind and behaviour is adapted.
who was wilhem wundt?
the first person to be called a scientist
opened a psychology laboratory in germant in 1879
what was wundts approach to psychology?
break down human behaviour into basic elements as a method of studying the structure of the human mind.
structuralism
what is introspection?
‘looking into’
slef observation of your own thoughts.
what is structuralism?
breaking down human behaviour into their basic elements as a method of studying the human mind.
who was renes descartes?
1596-1650
- the first to develop the concept of dualism.
- that the mind and body are seperate entities, our brain is a seperate entity to our mind.
who was john locke?
1632-1704
developed the concept of empiricism which contributed to the emergence of psychology as a science.
who was charles darwin?
1890-1882
introduced the evolutionary theory which also contributed to the development of psychology as a scientific discipline.
what are two main assumptions of wundt?
- that psychology can be studeid as a science
- that the mind can be studied and looked into by introspection
why was wundts approach so groundbreaking?
- he turned psycholohy into a science
- he opened the first psychological laboratory
what did wundt mean by introspection and how did he measure it?
he taught people to carefully and objectively as possible analyse their own thoughts and mind.
he trained people to self-reflect so that, when presented with stimuli (music), they can explain their thoughts, feelings, experiences and sensations.
conditions were very controlled.
what is empiricism?
the idea that all learning comes from only experience and observations.
