paper 2 Flashcards
what is psychology?
the scientific study of the mind
what type of science is psychology?
social science
how did psychology become a social science?
involves understanding mental processes and how people behave and interact socially.
this happens by observing the brain
what does subjectively mean?
what does objectively mean?
who is the father of psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
what did Wilhelm Wundt do?
opened the first psychology laboratory in Germany.
what did Wilhelm Wundt study?
nature of human consciousness
(awareness of your own thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations etc.)
what technique did Wilhelm Wundt develop?
introspection
how did he test his development?
.trained psychology students to make observations about their experience when exposed to certain stimuli.
how did Wilhelm Wundt go about testing his development?
make the trained students listen to a ticking metronome, then ask them to reflect on their experience objectively
what did Wilhelm Wundt believe?
consciousness could be reduced into the 3 basic elements
how did Wilhelm Wundt divide their observations into sub-sections?
thoughts
images
sensations
how did Wilhelm Wundt ensure that the test was based on what the student thought?
structuralism
what is structuralism?
giving the trained students the SAME instructions
and ensured they all experienced the SAME stimuli in the SAME way
