origins of psychology 2

Question 1

define introspection

Answer 1

• interested in conscious experience
• trained himself and others to describe their experiences through Introspection.

Question 2

what does introspection refer to?

Answer 2

systematic process of observing and examining your own conscious thoughts or emotions in response to a stimuli

Question 3

introspection

Answer 3

An experience was analyzed in terms of its component
parts e.g. sensations, emotional reaction etc.
- Wundt strictly controlled the environments where introspection took place.

Question 4

wundts procedure

Answer 4

highly trained “observers” were presented with carefully controlled sensory events.
- individuals were asked to describe their mental
experiences of these events. Wundt believed that the observers needed to be in a state of high attention to the stimulus and in control of the situation. The observations were also replicated a numerous times.