origins of psychology

Question 1

who was the first person who was called a psychologist

Answer 1

wundt

Question 2

where was the first lab

Answer 2

leizpig germany

Question 3

what is introspection

Answer 3

first systematic attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations

Question 4

what is psychology

Answer 4

the scientific study of the mind behaviour and experience

Question 5

what was wundts experiment method

Answer 5

1. presented with stimulus
2. inspect own thoughts
3. draw conclusions

Question 6

what were the 3 categories of responses

Answer 6

thoughts
images
sensations

Question 7

what is structuralism

Answer 7

isolating the structure of consciousness- the stimuli was always presented in the same way and order with the same instructions

Question 8

what were the strengths of wundts work

Answer 8

• methods were systematic and well controlled
• all introspection were recorded in the controlled environment lab ensuring that possible extraneous variables were not a factor
• carefully standardised so they were tested the same way

Question 9

what were the weaknesses to wundts work

Answer 9

• other aspects of his work will be seen as unscientific today
• relied on self reporting the mental processes
• data is therefore subjective
• participants may have hidden some of their thoughts
  so wont have met the correct standards of scientific enquiry today

Question 10

what does FORE stand for

Answer 10

falsifiability, objective, replicable empirical
f ( possible that the hypothesis should be false)
o ( measurement not affected by expectations of researcher)
r ( accurate recording of procedures to allow replication)
e ( using observations to gain knowledge)

Question 11

what is FORE used for

Answer 11

to make sure theorys are scientific