Origins- Wundt DONT DO

Question 1

about wundt

Answer 1

• published book called ‘principles of physiological psychology’
• opened first psy lab in germany
• considered father of psychology
• Separated philosophy from psychology

Question 2

introspection

Answer 2

-recording own conscious thoughts with the aim of breaking them down into their constituent parts eg, thoughts, images and sensations

Question 3

how are introspections recorded

Answer 3

• under strictly controlled conditions using same stimulus every time
• same standardised instructions issued- allows procedures to be replicated

Question 4

structuralism

Answer 4

breaking down behaviours into the basic elements

Question 5

emergence of psy as a science

Answer 5

• by 20th Century, Watson criticised introspections, His main issue was the data it produced was is subjective so it would be difficult to establish principles
• Said truly scientific psychology should study things that can be measured an observed, this created the behaviourist approach

Question 6

behaviourist, biological and cognitive neuroscience (emergence of psy as a science)

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• behaviourist- focuses on scientific processes involved in learning
• biological- experimental data and then investigate physiological processes
• cognitive- Biological and cognitive together showing a more scientific approach to measuring cognitions

Question 7

strength of Wundt

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-scientific, All introspection recorded in controlled environment of a lab, This is the strength because it insures no extraneous variables would impact the introspection made. He also used standardised procedures which means the experiment can be replicated which was ensured good validity

Question 8

one limitation of Wundt

Answer 8

-subjective, some aspects of his work could be considered at unscientific today. He relied on self reporting techniques which lead to demand characteristics, potential leading questions and social desirability. This is limitation as all the introspection made were criticised by Watson in which he stated that truly scientific psychology should study concepts that can be observed and measured, these introspections could not, this therefore means it is difficult to establish general principles of human behaviour because of subjective data

Question 9

another limitation of Wundt

Answer 9

subjective approach, Not all approaches use objective methods for example the humanistic approach ignore science as a whole but has brought client centred therapy and relies on all subjective data- this is a limitation because if we aren’t being scientific, we are ignoring personal data