origins of psychology exam qs

Question 1

Describe wundts role in the development of psychology

Answer 1

• wudnt is known as the father of psychology
• Set up the first laboratory in lepzig,germany 1870s
• Promoted the use of introspection as a way of studying mental processes
• introspection-systematic analysis of our own conscious experience of a stimulus
• An experience was analysed in terms of it’s own component parts eg. sensations , emotional reaction
• His work paved the way for later controlled research and the study of mental processes eg cognitive psychologists