psychology as a science Flashcards
what was physcology considered a part of originally
philosophy
where does the word psychology stem from
‘psyche’ soul ‘logos’ study of
what did descartes suggest
cartesian dualism - the body and mind are independent from one another
what did locke propose
empiricism - the idea that all experience can be obtained through senses
what theory did darwin propose
the theory of evolution
what is wilhelm wundt often called
the father of psychology
what was wundt the first to do
study psychology seperate to philosophy
when did wundt open the first psychology lab
1879
where was wundts lab
leipzig
what is introspection
analysing your own consciousness
what are the 5 experimental conditions
replicable, standardised, controlled, reductionist, generalisable
what does replicable mean
it can be repeated
what does standardised mean
the same thing is done to each participant
what does controlled mean
other variables are removed so that they don’t affect the results
what does reductionist mean
breaking human experience down into more measurable parts
