Origins to Psychology Flashcards
1
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What was Wudnt known as?
A
The father of psychology
2
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When and where did he open the first psychological lab?
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1879, Leipzig Germany
3
Q
What’s introspection?
A
Analysing your own conscious experience to standard stimuli.
4
Q
What kind of approach was it?
A
A systematic approach
5
Q
What were the participants like who were used by Wundt?
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Highly trained
6
Q
What is structuralism?
A
Breaking thoughts about an object down into separate elements
7
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What are positive evaluations of wundt?
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- His work paved the way for later scientifically controlled research in psychology
- The study of internal mental processes was later continued by cognitive scientists (however they used experimentation not introspection)
8
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What’s a negative evaluation of Wundt?
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It was criticised by layer behaviourist theorists who thought internal mental processes could not be studied scientifically by introspection
