ORIGINS OF PSYCHOLOGY (Wundt)

Question 1

definition of empirical

Answer 1

detailed and careful observations and measurements

Question 2

definition of objective

Answer 2

minimising bias and eliminating subjective ideas i.e laboratory experiment

Question 3

definition of subjective

Answer 3

the accurate and orderly collection of data by observational/experiment

Question 4

definition of replicable

Answer 4

repeating a study to verify the validity of the results

Question 5

what does it mean by using controlled environments it may reduce ecological validity of findings ( refer to mundane realism)

Answer 5

it ensures high control in research and ensures that it leads to contrived situations which don’t always tell us much about how behaviour is in the real world

Question 6

why are objective and replicable why does this mean scientific methods are reliable?

Answer 6

objective and replicable there more reliable because they are repeated and unbiased experiments

Question 7

Wundt is called ‘the father of experimental psychology’ what are the specific contributions that he made to be called this (key facts about Wundt)

Answer 7

• he opened the first laboratory to become invested into psychological experiments at the university of Leipzig in 1879.
• he wrote the first psychology textbook called ‘Principles of Physiological Psychology’

Question 8

define introspection

Answer 8

introspection is the process of gaining knowledge about one’s own mental and emotional states.

• observing ones inner world
• involves the systematic examinations of ones own thought processes, feelings, emotions and sensations.

Question 9

processes of introspection

Answer 9

• show an object
• reflect upon how they are perceiving it.
• compare different participants reports
• establish general thoughts