Origins of Psychology Flashcards
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Wundt
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Wundt - father of psychology, opened first psychology lab in Leipzig Germany in 1879
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Introspection
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Introspection - Wundt proposed the first experimental attempt to study the human mind by breaking it down into conscious awareness which consisted of thoughts, images and sensations
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Psychology as a science
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Psychology has not always been seen as a science and wasn’t seen fully as a science until the behaviourist approach
