Origins Of Psychology

Question 1

5 step scientific process of psychology

Answer 1

1) Identification
2) aims and hypotheses
3) design research
4) results and conclusions
5) evaluations and recommendations

Question 2

Who is Wilhelm Wundt?

Answer 2

• opened first ever psych lab in Germany and developed method of introspection

Question 3

What is introspection?

Answer 3

• involved recording, breaking down and analysis of one’s conscious thoughts
• scientific- under controlled conditions w standardised instructions
• criticised- analysing one’s own thoughts is subjective

Question 4

Evaluation of Wundt’s method PEECL

Answer 4

P- limitation= methods unreliable
E- approach relied on nonobservable responses, processes themselves unobservable constructions
E- introspective experimental results not reliably reproducible by other researchers in other labs
C- Pavlov and Thorndike already achieved reliably reproducible results
L- easily gen to human beings

Question 5

How was psychology developed as a science?

Answer 5

• questioning validity of introspective method
• Watson & skinner wanted to develop more vitreous way of studying mind and behaviour
• behaviourism born
• technology advancing, experimental methods applied
• cognitive psychologists use scientific methods to make inferences about mental process